A federal court judge has ordered the FDA to complete an environmental risk assessment of genetically modified salmon.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the FDA violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to “adequately assess” what would happen if an engineered salmon escaped from captivity, survived, and established itself in the wild.
In 2015, the FDA approved an application to create and farm genetically engineered salmon by AquaBounty.
