GMO News

AquaBounty’s “pause” on Ohio GMO salmon farm construction is latest setback for “Frankenfish” developer

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., maker of the controversial genetically engineered salmon, recently announced that it would pause construction of its GMO salmon farm in Ohio due to a “substantial increase in its estimated cost of completion.” This marks the latest setback for the GMO salmon producer. This past February, AquaBounty announced it would it will stop […]

Junked robot: Syn-bio company Perfect Day dumps consumer brand, including Brave Robot ice cream

By Ken Roseboro Synthetic biology protein producer Perfect Day recently dumped its consumer facing business, The Urgent Company (TUC), and laid off about 15% of its workforce. The company said it made the moves to focus on its business-to-business ingredient sales and nth bio “consulting” precision fermentation business. The TUC division comprised four brands: Modern Kitchen (cream […]

GMO wheat contaminating conventional wheat in Argentina

Maker of the GMO wheat, Bioceres-Indear, reported that 25 mills are mixing the GMO wheat with conventional wheat. The GMO wheat, which is genetically engineered to withstand sprays of the toxic glufosinate ammonium, was denounced by more than a thousand scientists, producers (both agroecological and agribusiness), and socio-environmental organizations.  Bioceres-Indear claims that its own studies […]

Gene-edited leafy greens launched in the U.S. but consumers won’t know they are eating a GMO product

Pairwise, a food startup, recently announced the launch of its inaugural product, Conscious™ Greens, under its Conscious Foods brand. The product is claimed to be “the first food introduced in the U.S. that was developed with CRISPR (gene editing) technology.” Conscious Greens Purple Power Baby Greens Blend will be co-branded with Performance Food Group’s (PFG) Peak Fresh […]

Italy bans lab-grown food as threat to tradition

Italy wants to safeguard its agri-food heritage, and its agriculture ministry feels high-tech, laboratory-produced food— “from cell cultures or tissues derived from vertebrate animals”—goes against its priority. “Laboratory products in our opinion do not guarantee quality, well-being and the protection of our culture, our tradition,” said Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, a senior member of Prime Minister […]