Wednesday, December 2, 2015
What’s on my mind about the AquAdvantage salmon (GMO)
3:12 AM | 
Posted by
Kaplan Center for Health and Wellness
Renee Gosselin, MS MBA RD
Nutrition Sciences Instructor
Nutrition Sciences Instructor
Well, I am
going to keep my own opinions to myself in this as I am sure there will be a
lot of debate throughout the nutrition/healthcare/general public. However, this has been on mind and has made it to the media. The
term pinned as the AquAdvantage salmon refers to a GMO engineered Atlantic Salmon . The FDA has approved and deemed this
salmon as being as safe as the non-GMO. There has also been discussion about
the environmental impact of using/harvesting the GMO salmon. The FDA stated
that this salmon will be far away from water sources where it is unlikely it
will escape into the wild.
On the other
hand, there are some stores/grocery providers that are already stating they
will not carry this product. Costo, Wholefoods, Trader Joes’s, Aldi, Kroger,and
Safeway have gone on record to state
that they will not carry such the AquaAdvantage Salmon in their stores. However,
we do have to be aware that over 80% of the foods Americans eat daily
have GMO within in them. This could be as simple as high fructose corn syrup. So something to ponder is are we already
eating the equivalent to the AquaAdvantage if we are eating GMOs?
Possibly just some things to ponder:
GMOs are
outlawed in many countries
Organic
products do not contain GMOs
Organic
meats/milk/dairy are hormone, antibiotic free
If we do not use GMOs will we have enough food supply?
Are allergies on the rise because of GMOs?
Lastly here
is a link that discusses GMO information http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/
Breyer, M. (2015).
Costco says no to GMO salmon. Retrieved from http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/costco-says-no-gmo-salmon.html
FDA. (2015).
FDA has determined that the AquaAdvantage Salmon is as Safe to Eat as Non-GE Salmon.
Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm472487.htm
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