Calyxt -based start-up Minneapolis is set to make history by selling oil made from soybeans that were genetically edited using its proprietary the US Food and Drug Administration system. A startup had employed the technology to introduce changes in two genes involved in fatty-acid synthesis, so that oil pressed from the beans is more like olive oil than typical soy oil. The company has already received confirmation from TALEN that 19 of the 19 plants it has engineered will not be classed as genetically modified organisms, and therefore not subject to regulation. While some farmers are ready to embrace foods offering improved yield and profit margins, critics have warned that not enough has been done to study the effects of gene-edited crops on the wider environment.
Calyxt -based start-up Minneapolis is set to make history by selling oil made from soybeans that were genetically edited using its proprietary the US Food and Drug Administration system. The company has already received confirmation from TALEN that 19 of the 19 plants it has engineered will not be classed as genetically modified organisms, and therefore not subject to regulation. While some farmers are ready to embrace foods offering improved yield and profit margins, critics have warned that not enough has been done to study the effects of gene-edited crops on the wider environment.