FDA Appeals Order Rejecting GE Salmon Approval
FDA Appeals Order Rejecting GE Salmon Approval Tuesday, April 20, 2021 The FDA is appealing a November 5, 2020 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California which ordered the Agency to reconsider its 2015 approval of the genetically engineered (GE) AquAdvanage salmon. In March 2016 a lawsuit was filed alleging that the FDA did not have jurisdiction to approve the GE salmon and, in the alternative, that the FDA unlawfully abused its authority by approving the GE salmon without appropriately considering its obligations under the National Environmental P...