Canadian Firm Ready to Unleash Genetically Engineered Frankenapples in U.S.
by Tony Isaacs
(The Best Years in Life) Move over Franken fish, corn, soy, cotton and beets. Now we have new genetically modified Frankenapples with unnatural proteins designed to keep apples from browning when sliced or bruised. British Columbia-based Okanagan Specialty Fruits has submitted an application to the USDA for approval of new browning-resistant GMO apples.
The GMO apples, which are likely to first appear in the Golden Delicious and Granny Smith varieties, contain a synthetic gene that sharply reduces production of polyphenol oxidase, an enzyme responsible for normal apple browning. Okanagan believes their new browning-resistant "Acrtic Apple" could improve apple industry sales the way "baby carrots" did for carrot sales. Read More.
The GMO apples, which are likely to first appear in the Golden Delicious and Granny Smith varieties, contain a synthetic gene that sharply reduces production of polyphenol oxidase, an enzyme responsible for normal apple browning. Okanagan believes their new browning-resistant "Acrtic Apple" could improve apple industry sales the way "baby carrots" did for carrot sales. Read More.
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