The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is about to let industry pressure overrule good common sense by allowing genetically modified (GE) salmon to be sold to consumers.
This is why Congress is ramping up opposition to the “frankenfish,” and it’s an issue that Democrats and Republicans alike can agree on. Last month, the House passed a bipartisan amendment to prohibit the FDA from spending funds to approve the controversial fish. And just last Friday, eight senators sent a letter to the FDA stating that they’re moving forward with similar legislation. How did we get to this point?
Inexcusably, the FDA has forged ahead in the approval process despite the fact that insufficient testing has been performed on both the human health and environmental impacts of the fish. Furthermore, Americans don’t want this poorly tested fish in grocery stores. Independent polls show that over 90 percent of the public opposes the FDA allowing GE meat into the food supply. Despite this fact, our taxpayer money is being spent to approve the very thing most of us oppose.
Read the entire opinion piece from Food and Water Watch