date:Dec 24, 2012
lly modified foods. Countries inthe European Union have banned some genetically modified foodsoutright and instituted tight labeling requirements on foods thatcontain modified ingredients. Others such as Russia, Japan andPeru also have instituted restrictions on genetically altered foods.
AquAdvantage, the fast-growing fish at the center of thecontroversy in the United States, is an Atlantic salmon thatcontains a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon and has beengiven a gene from the ocean pout,