What Ever Happened to the Flavr Savr Genetically-Engineered Tomato?

By Michelle Fabio

If you were interested in tomatoes back in the mid-1990s, you probably heard of the Flavr Savr, the genetically-engineered (GE) tomato from the Californian company Calgene.

Now that GE tomatoes are back in the news for possibly fighting birth defects and anemia, you might be wondering—what ever happened to that Flavr Savr?

First, for those who haven’t heard of this history-making tomato, the Flavr Savr was the first genetically engineered food given the stamp of approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for human consumption; the FDA even found that no special labeling was necessary on the GE tomatoes because there was no evidence of health risks and nutritional content was the same as naturally-produced tomatoes.

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