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Restaurants could be 1st to get HEALTH

genetically modified salmon DOCTOR ON DUTY

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NEW YORK (AP) — Inside an
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After growing to roughly Oranjestad:
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The salmon produced Dental Clinic 587 9850
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first genetically modified Urgent Care 586 0448
animals approved for hu- Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
man consumption in the Peter Bowyer, the facility manager at AquaBounty Technolo- +297 588 0539
gies, holds one of the last batch of conventional Atlantic salmon
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U.S. They represent one raised at the commercial fish farm in Albany, Ind., Wednesday, EMERGENCY
way companies are push- June 19, 2019.
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as consumer advocacy This month, President Don- lish national standards for Sta. Cruz 527 2900
groups call for greater cau- ald Trump signed an ex- disclosing the presence of San Nicolas 584 5000
tion. ecutive order directing bioengineered foods. Police Tipline 11141
AquaBounty hasn't sold any federal agencies to simplify But foods made with the Ambulancia 911
fish in the U.S. yet, but it says regulations for genetically newer gene-editing tech- Fire Dept. 115
its salmon may first turn up engineered plants and ani- nique wouldn't necessarily Red Cross 582 2219
in places like restaurants or mals. The move comes as be subject to the regula- TAXI SERVICES
university cafeterias, which companies are turning to a tion, since companies say Taxi Tas 587 5900
would decide whether to newer gene-editing tech- the resulting plants and Prof. Taxi 588 0035
tell diners that the fish are nology that makes it easier animals could theoretically Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
genetically modified. to tinker with plant and ani- be produced with conven- Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
"It's their customer, not mal DNA. tional breeding. And while A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
ours," said Sylvia Wulf, Aqu- That's blurring the lines AquaBounty's salmon was Women in Difficulties
aBounty's CEO. around what should be produced with an older TRAVEL INFO
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abounty injected Atlantic modified organism, and ways be obvious when American Airlines 582 2700
salmon with DNA from oth- how such foods are per- people are buying the fish Avianca 588 0059
er fish species that make ceived. In 2015, an Associ- either. Jet Blue 588 2244
them grow to full size in ated Press-GfK poll found "Nobody uses that term," Surinam 582 7896
about 18 months, which two-thirds of Americans said Amy van Saun of the
could be about twice as supported labeling of ge- Center for Food Safety, Women in Difficulties
fast as regular salmon. The netically modified ingredi- who noted "genetically CRUISES
company says that's more ents on food packages. The engineered" or "geneti-
efficient since less feed is following year, Congress di- cally modified" are more
required. The eggs were rected regulators to estab- common.q
shipped to the U.S. from
the company's Canadian
location last month after
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