The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday adopted a GOP amendment that would require the Food and Drug Administration to label salmon products if they’ve been genetically engineered.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who introduced the proposal, describes the genetically engineered product as “Frankenfish.”
“If FDA moves forward as it currently is, there would be no requirement to ensure people know that’s what they’re eating,” Murkowski warned during the markup of a bill to fund the Department of Agriculture and the FDA for the next fiscal year.
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