[SOTT]: In a recent bold move, the FDA in the US stream-lined the normally
lengthy approval process for gene-edited animals for Recombinetics' beef
cattle, granting it a 'low-risk determination,' the first intentional
genomically altered animal to receive this status. What this means is
that in as little as two years, Americans could be grilling their first
genetically modified steaks on their BBQs.
The FDA, of course, said the frankenbeef doesn't raise any safety
concerns because the gene-edited cattle don't have any genome
alterations that aren't found in other species of cow. While
theoretically this may be true (or what was intended), they are
essentially ignoring the fact that the gene-editing process is highly
prone to accidental insertions and mutations that are completely
unpredictable.
All of this is completely predictable - the BioTech industry offering
what amounts to an unnecessary mutated food species that the regulatory
bodies put their stamp of approval on without really thinking twice
about it and in turn, the human populace become the lab rats in an
uncontrolled experiment which could prove dangerous; even disastrous...<<<Read More>>>...