USDA Says: Gene-Edited Mushroom DOESN’T Need Regulation
Gene-Edited Mushroom DOESN’T Need Regulation The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently said in a letter that a mushroom with edited genes, via molecular scissors known as CRISPR/Cas9, doesn’t need to be regulated like other GM crops. That makes this mushroom the first CRISPR-edited crop to clear USDA regulation. And if you live in a state where labeling isn’t done, you may never know. CRISPR/Cas9 was used by plant pathologist Yinong Yang at Penn State University to snip out a tiny bit of one gene from the mushroom Agaricus bisporus, and this edit, “reduces browning when the mushroom is sliced”, reports Science News. The USDA determined...
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