La FDA lo ha vuelto a hacer. ¡Han aprobado otro animal modificado genéticamente sin las precauciones de seguridad adecuadas!

As reported on Buceo de comida por la autora Megan Pionski

• The Food and Drug Administration cerdos modificados genéticamente aprobados for use in food and medicine. GalSafe pigs, made by regenerative medicine company Revivir, have been modified to remove alpha-gal sugar from the surface of the animals' cells.

• Algunas personas son alérgicas a los azúcares alfa-gal, que se encuentran naturalmente en las células de la mayoría de los mamíferos. La causa de esta alergia, conocida como síndrome alfa-gal, es se cree que son picaduras de garrapatas estrella solitaria. Sin embargo, los cerdos GalSafe solo se revisaron para determinar la seguridad de alérgenos en usos farmacéuticos. No se revisaron por seguridad cuando los consumía alguien con alergia al alfa-gal, aunque el departamento afirma que la carne es segura para consumir en general.

• Genetically modified — or bioengineered — food products are controversial among some consumers. Per a 2016 law, all food products that contain detectable bioengineered DNA will be required to have a label denoting that. While some food companies have started disclosing bioengineered ingredients, all products must be labeled as such by 2022. There is currently one other GMO animal protein product approved for human consumption: Salmón AquAdvantage.

Moms Across America is extremely concerned about the consumption of this GMO "GalSafe" Pig. Despite the noble intentions to create medicine and meat that will not affect the 5000 people who have been bitten by a Lone Star tick and have developed an allergy to meat, approving this meat for human consumption without safety trials on consumption, is reckless, unscientific, and beyond irresponsible. It is a direct violation of their obligation they are charged with at the FDA. They simply need to do their jobs!

The meat will not be in grocery stores...yet. It will first be available by mail order. It is unclear who the customers will be. Restaurants? Hospitals? Prisons? School cafeterias? Senior centers? Universities? Pre-made meal companies?

One thing we know for sure is that we will not be ordering pork at any non organic restaurant or establishment unless the FDA removes this GMO Pig approval from the market.

Here is the main FDA page with all their info on Animals with Intentional Genomic Alterations: