Follow Canada Immigration and Life in Canada: A company in the United States has received permission from the Canadian government to produce genetically modified salmon eggs at its facility in Prince Edward Island, which will then be shipped to a breeding base in the tropical rainforest of Panama for experimental research.
The Canadian Environmental Protection Agency has stated that it has approved the shipment of 100,000 genetically modified salmon eggs produced by the American biotechnology company AquaBounty Technologies Inc from the Prince Edward Island facility to the breeding base in the Panama rainforest.
Reports indicate that this move paves the way for genetically modified salmon to receive approval from the U.S. FDA. The U.S. FDA is expected to make decisions regarding genetically modified salmon and 30 other genetically modified fish species in the near future.
However, the Canadian government has also stated that genetically modified salmon pose a significant risk to Atlantic salmon, and therefore will not approve genetically modified salmon for human consumption in the near term.
