Food Supply May Contain Genetically Altered Pigs

[Guest guest]

More GM food for thought...

 

Funny how supplements need regulating by the FDA,

but the FDA takes no action against a university that puts

genetically altered pigs into the public food supply.

 

Anyone else, comments?

 

Misty

http://www..com

 

Food Supply May Contain Genetically Altered Pigs

 

Between April 2001 and January of this year, 386 pigs, the offspring

of genetically altered mothers, were released to a " livestock dealer "

by the University of Illinois (UI). According to the FDA, this was

against regulations. Whether the pigs were slaughtered for food is

unknown.

 

A UI spokesperson said the university had a different

interpretation of the regulations. He said the university had been

doing the same since 1999, and expressed surprised that the FDA said

it was unaware of it. The pigs were from an experiment which sought

to make pigs grow faster. Some were given a cow lactation gene,

others a synthesized gene for insulin-like growth factor 1 hormone.

Some were given both.

 

UI insists the offspring were repeatedly tested and that none who

inherited the introduced material were released. The FDA says

insufficient records were kept to be able to verify that but, due to

the nature of the genetic material, doubts the incident represents a

public health fidyl risk.

 

UI has agreed to stop releasing such animals, and the FDA is

planning no immediate action against the university.

 

The FDA became aware of the incident when UI alerted it to a

transgenic pig who had mistakenly been rendered instead of

incinerated. Joe Cummins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics of the

University of Western Ontario, criticizes the FDA for acting

like UI's public relation firm.

 

Citing an article in the British Medical Journal, he contends the

added hormone is associated with cancer, and that the pigs pose

a " real and present danger. "

 

See the February 10th AnimalNet:

http://131.104.232.9/animalnet-archives.htm " >

 

 

" FDA Says Food Supply May Contain Altered Pigs, " AnimalNet (NYT/AP

articles), 2/6/03.

http://131.104.232.9/animalnetarchives.htm

http://131.104.232.9/animalnet-archives.htm

" FDA: Genetically Altered Pigs Might Have Gone to Market, " Meating

Place, Daniel Yovich.

http://www.meatingplace.com/meatingplace/DailyNews/oop/qnohit_g.asp?

ID=10412

 

Farmed Animal Watch V.6, N.2

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Misty.

 

FOLLOW THE MONEY!

 

Namaste`

 

Walt

 

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<mistytrepke

 

Friday, February 28, 2003 9:27 AM

Food Supply May Contain Genetically

Altered Pigs

 

 

> More GM food for thought...

>

> Funny how supplements need regulating by the FDA,

> but the FDA takes no action against a university that puts

> genetically altered pigs into the public food supply.

>

> Anyone else, comments?

>

> Misty

> http://www..com

>

> Food Supply May Contain Genetically Altered Pigs

>

> Between April 2001 and January of this year, 386 pigs, the offspring

> of genetically altered mothers, were released to a " livestock dealer "

> by the University of Illinois (UI). According to the FDA, this was

> against regulations. Whether the pigs were slaughtered for food is

> unknown.

>

> A UI spokesperson said the university had a different

> interpretation of the regulations. He said the university had been

> doing the same since 1999, and expressed surprised that the FDA said

> it was unaware of it. The pigs were from an experiment which sought

> to make pigs grow faster. Some were given a cow lactation gene,

> others a synthesized gene for insulin-like growth factor 1 hormone.

> Some were given both.

>

> UI insists the offspring were repeatedly tested and that none who

> inherited the introduced material were released. The FDA says

> insufficient records were kept to be able to verify that but, due to

> the nature of the genetic material, doubts the incident represents a

> public health fidyl risk.

>

> UI has agreed to stop releasing such animals, and the FDA is

> planning no immediate action against the university.

>

> The FDA became aware of the incident when UI alerted it to a

> transgenic pig who had mistakenly been rendered instead of

> incinerated. Joe Cummins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics of the

> University of Western Ontario, criticizes the FDA for acting

> like UI's public relation firm.

>

> Citing an article in the British Medical Journal, he contends the

> added hormone is associated with cancer, and that the pigs pose

> a " real and present danger. "

>

> See the February 10th AnimalNet:

> http://131.104.232.9/animalnet-archives.htm " >

>

>

> " FDA Says Food Supply May Contain Altered Pigs, " AnimalNet (NYT/AP

> articles), 2/6/03.

> http://131.104.232.9/animalnetarchives.htm

> http://131.104.232.9/animalnet-archives.htm

> " FDA: Genetically Altered Pigs Might Have Gone to Market, " Meating

> Place, Daniel Yovich.

> http://www.meatingplace.com/meatingplace/DailyNews/oop/qnohit_g.asp?

> ID=10412

>

> Farmed Animal Watch V.6, N.2

>

>

>

>

>