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Calgene began commercial sales of its genetically engineered FLAVR SAVR tomato in 1994, after concluding that the FLAVR SAVR tomato was as safe as other tomatoes (FDA 1994a) and after FDA issued a food additive regulation for APH(3′)II, the product of the transformation marker gene kanr. The FDA concluded that “use of APH(3′)II as a processing aid in the development of new varieties of tomato, oilseed rape, and cotton is safe” (FDA 1994b), amending the food additive regulations to permit the use of APH(3′)II in food for human consumption and in feed and drinking water of animals.
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Mitten, D., Redenbaugh, K., Lindemann, J. (1996). Evaluation of Potential Gene Transfer from Transgenic Plants. In: Schmidt, E.R., Hankeln, T. (eds) Transgenic Organisms and Biosafety. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61460-6_9
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