GM FEED CAN IMPLANT HEALTHY OMEGA FATTY ACIDS IN ANIMAL-BASED FOODS
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) scientists are investigating developing genetically modified feed vegetables engineered to produce healthy long-chain fatty acids, which could nourish broiler chickens and beef cattle. The idea has come in the EU's Lipgene project, which aims to increase the amount of these acids in EU human diets. They are found mainly in oily fish such as salmon, mackerel and herring, which many EU consumers eat infrequently. The project's Professor Johnathan Napier of Rothamsted Research Institute (NOTE - SPELLINGS CORRECT), Hertfordshire, ...
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