Genetically Engineered Salmon

As you may be aware, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to decide sometime this year whether or not to allow the commercial growing of genetically engineered fish. Please participate in our ACTION ALERT advising them not to grant approval: http://www.thecampaign.org/gefish

In the past six months, two significant studies were released that questioned the FDA's expertise to make this decision about genetically engineered fish. The first study released last August was done by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and the second one released last month was conducted by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Will the FDA heed the concerns from these two reports? Let's put some pressure on them to make sure they know consumers are paying attention to their actions.

Our ACTION ALERT is going to Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Commissioner of the FDA, and Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services (the agency that oversees the FDA).

When you go to the web page on this ACTION ALERT, you will find further background information about this important issue.

Thanks for your participation!

Craig Winters
Executive Director
The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

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