Government panel tackles salmon engineering issues

What if grocery stores could sell salmon that was less expensive, didn't deplete wild stocks of the fish and was cleaner for the environment than the farm-raised variety? Here's the catch: The salmon would be genetically engineered. A government-sponsored panel on Monday wrestled with some of the many questions surrounding genetically modified salmon, examining the still-evolving science before issuing a cautious assessment that moves the idea a small step toward American dinner tables. The panel of outside experts urged the Food and Drug Administration to require more studies to satisfy lingering questions about the safety of genetically engineered salmon, without offering a consensus view about whether or when the fish should come to market...more