Gene-edited pigs approved for US market

Gene-edited pigs approved for US market

Photo: Roslin Institute The pigs will join a very short list of gene-modified animals that you can eat ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty respiratory virus that kills piglets. The illness is called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. A few years ago, a British company called Genus set out to design pigs immune to this germ using CRISPR gene editing. N…

The U.S. allows genomed pigs to be eaten. The animals are resistant to the disease PRRS, which is a lot of animal welfare worldwide.

Genetically modified pigs that are resistant to a dangerous virus have been approved for consumption in the US. What are the consequences of this?

Due to a genetic modification, pigs can be made resistant to a virus.The U.S. approval authority FDA has now set the course for the animals as a consumer product.read more on t3n.de

FDA approves technology used to breed PRRS-resistant pigs

FDA approves technology used to breed PRRS-resistant pigs PIC is among the first to receive approval for the use of gene editing in commercial livestock in the US

The FDA has just approved for the first time genetically modified pigs for human consumption via CRISPR. A historic decision that may well change the future of pig farming. It is the British company PIC (Pig Improvement Company), specialized in animal genetics, which is the origin of these new generation pigs. Thanks to the CRISPR tool, their scientists have managed to make pigs resistant to a particularly devastating virus: PRRS, or dysgeneic a…