A pig gene edited to resist the nasty PRRS virus has been approved for food use in the United States. Approval in Canada will be a test of the country’s new gene editing rules.
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U.S. gene edited pig approval a test for Canada’s rules
The gene edit makes the pigs resistant to the tough PRRS virus
Gene edited pig gets green light in America
Pork made from gene-edited pigs could soon be on supermarket shelves in Canada.
Gene-edited pork gets consumer checkmark
Pigs resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) may be on the horizon, but the public has to accept the gene editing used to develop them
Canadian consumers are largely fine with pork from gene-edited pigs — at least once the science and benefits are explained to them.
PRRS hog virus now tougher to control
DES MOINES, Iowa — Today’s PRRS isn’t yesterday’s PRRS. That means pig producers and veterinarians should mutate their approaches in the same way that Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is mutating. “The virus has modified, so we need to do the same,” said vet and producer Dr. Deb Murray, of New Fashion Pork, after a […] Read more
