WASHINGTON – November 15 – After submitting a
Freedom of Information Act request, the
consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch
received numerous recent internal documents
and emails from the U.S. Department of
Interior’s Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)
exposing startling concerns with AquaBounty
salmon – a controversial genetically
engineered (GE) fish the FDA may soon approve
as the first GE food animal for human
consumption.

The documents reveal that, as late as last
month, the FDA had not adequately fulfilled a
requirement under the Endangered Species Act
to consult with both FWS and another federal
agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), to determine whether approval of
AquaBounty’s salmon might impact wild,
endangered Atlantic salmon.

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