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	Europabio
		The result was the FlavrSavr® tomato, the first genetically modified food to be granted a licence for human consumption.
		The FlavrSavr® tomato was modified in such a way that the enzyme polygalacturonase (PG), which is responsible for the tomato's softness, is no longer formed in the tomato or else only in negligible quantities, meaning that the tomato keeps longer.
		The FlavrSavr® tomato reaches the consumer in an optically attractive state, with a fully developed flavour and firm to the cut.
	www.europabio.org /module_13.htm (2135 words)

	FlavrSavr
		FlavrSavr tomatoes were only available for a few years before production ceased.
		The amount of vitamins, protein, and mineral substances in the FlavrSavr tomatoes also remained the same as traditional varieties.
		The antisense gene in FlavrSavr tomatoes means they can be allowed to ripen on the vine without the risk of rotting when they are transported to shops.
	www.ibpassociation.org /encyclopedia/Biotechnology/FlavrSavr.php (210 words)

	FlavrSavr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The FlavrSavr® tomato was the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be granted a license for human consumption.
		FlavrSavr tomatoes could be allowed to ripen on the vine, without compromising their shelf-life.
		A variant of the FlavrSavr was used by Zeneca to produce tomato paste which was sold in Europe during the summer of 1996.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FlavrSavr (507 words)

	Biotechnology Outreach — FDA Backgrounder
		FLAVRSAVR stays firm after harvest because, through gene manipulation, the formation of polygalacturonase (PG), an enzyme that occurs naturally in tomatoes, is suppressed.
		After evaluating all data submitted by Calgene for the use of APH(3')II and for the FLAVRSAVR tomato, FDA scientists concluded that the data indicate that the proposed use of APH(3')II in tomatoes, rapseed oil, and cotton is safe.
		FDA's approach to evaluating the safety of FLAVRSAVR was discussed in April 1994 by its Food Advisory Committee, a panel of experts from outside the agency.
	www.biotech.wisc.edu /education/fdabackgrounder.html (1393 words)

	FlavrSavr
		It was produced by Calgene Inc. of Davis, California and submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1992.
		The amount of vitamins, protein, and mineral substances in the FlavrSavr tomatoes also remained the same as traditional varieties.
		The antisense gene in FlavrSavr tomatoes means they can be allowed to ripen on the vine without the risk of rotting when they are transported to shops.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/f/fl/flavrsavr.html (176 words)

	Genitically modified FlavrSavr Tomatoe seedling-- advisable to hy - Hybridizing Forum - GardenWeb
		I have a seedling of the genetically altred tomatoe "FlavrSavr".
		FlavrSavr has an nasty taste, and that is why I buried in the compost holes.
		I am surprised that anyone is still interested in the FlavrSavr, but since I am a historian of sort on tomatoes with 48 years experience in breeding, I am pleased to give my two cents' worth of observation to this forum.
	forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/hybrid/msg0701332614552.html (1416 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Genetically modified food
		For example, the European Union and Japan are willing to maintain labelling and traceability standards for GM food products, while the United States claims it violates free trade agreements.
		The first commercially grown genetically modified food crop was a tomato created by Calgene[?] called the FlavrSavr[?].
		Subsequent genetically modified food crops included virus-resistant squash, a potato variant that included an organic pesticide called Bt (NB: the EPA classified the Bt potato as a pesticide, but required no labeling), strains of canola, soybean, corn and cotton engineered by Monsanto to be immmune to their popular herbicide RoundUp[?], and Bt corn.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ge/Genetically_modified_food (1185 words)

	Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide
		The FlavrSavr tomato often was marketed as a transgenic variety that cost more because of its improved flavor.
		FlavrSavr tomatoes were available sporadically for several years, but eventually production was discontinued.
		But FlavrSavr tomatoes were engineered with an anti-sense gene for this enzyme while Zeneca tomatoes were engineered with a non-functional, shortened version of the gene.
	cls.casa.colostate.edu /transgeniccrops/defunct.html (755 words)

	GEO-PIE Project: Genetically engineered tomatoes
		A patent-infringement lawsuit brought against Calgene by Monsanto may have been a final blow: Calgene agreed to sell a 49.9% share to Monsanto in the July of 1995, and by October that fraction was upped to 54.6%.
		By March of 1997, there were no more FlavrSavr tomatoes left to be found, less than three years after their introduction.
		Also, in the mid '90s, two other companies were vying to develop GE delayed-ripening tomatoes, using a different strategy (by controlling ethylene metabolism).
	www.geo-pie.cornell.edu /crops/tomato.html (999 words)

	Genetic Engineering - Important News
		The safety of the first GE product intended for human food, the GE-tomato Flavrsavr, was studied very extensively and the result was used as a showcase of the safety of GE food.
		FlavrSavr was approved for human conumption by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of USA in May 18 1994, and it stated that the "proven safety of FlavrSavr" demonstrated that GE-foods in general are safe, and decided consequently not to demand as rigorous safety examinations for other GE-foods.
		Moreover, several years later it was discovered that, in one of the "safety showcase" reports, it was found that the GE-tomato Flavrsavr caused lesions in the stomachs of mice.
	www.psrast.org /importantnews.htm (1073 words)

	Volume 9
		Somehow the animals could smell and taste a difference in the genetically modified corn and would move towards the corn that they were familiar with.
		One problem with the FlavrSavr Tomato was that it had very little taste and very little juice.
		Since the market failure of the FlavrSavr Tomato the biotech industry has shifted its attention away from genetically modifying fresh vegetables and fruits towards animal feed crops or crops that are used in processed foods.
	www.muhammadfarms.com /Farmer_Jan1_2007.htm (1087 words)

	Flavrsavr tomatoes & genetically engineered crops
		Also in the spring of 1994, Calgene's FlavrSavr tomato entered the final stages of FDA review.
		FlavrSavr was the first whole food from plants reviewed under the policy issued by the FDA in May 1992.
		In the debate whether regulation should be based on "the product or the process," the FDA decided to continue to base its judgments on the product.
	www.mun.ca /biology/scarr/Flavrsavr_tomatoes.htm (1047 words)

	Health
		In 1994, the Flavrsavr tomato was the first genetically modified plant food allowed on the market in the U.S. These tomatoes were modified to delay ripening and turning mushy before getting to market.
		Flavrsavr did well in the production of tomato products and in grocery stores.
		So, your hard, tasteless tomatoes probably were not Flavrsavrs.
	www.hawaii.edu /ur/newsatuh/2006/0626/health.htm (551 words)

	Untitled Document
		The FlavrSavr tomato was taken off the market in mid-1996 apparently because of production failures and genetic glitches.
		Calgene had been unable to develop a tomato that was able to withstand the picking, packing and shipping processes typically used to move fresh produce to market.
		Calgene also did not develop its FlavrSavr technology in varieties that had acceptable yield or disease resistance in tomato-growing regions.
	www.navdanya.org /factsheets/tomato.htm (202 words)

	Engineered Foods Allowed on the Market
		Not all crops allowed on the market are currently for sale.
		Engineered crops such as the FlavrSavr tomato and StarLink corn may no longer be available commercially.
		Many crops are not allowed on the market but are legally grown in field tests.
	www.ucsusa.org /food_and_environment/genetic_engineering/engineered-foods-allowed-on-the-market.html (651 words)

	Genetically modified food Information
		Calgene submitted it to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for assessment in 1992; the agency determined that the FlavrSavr was in fact a tomato, did not constitute a health hazard, and did not need special labeling.
		Calgene released it into the market in 1994, where it was welcomed by consumers who purchased the fruit at two to five times the price of standard tomatoes.
		A variant of the FlavrSavr was used by Zeneca to produce tomato paste which was sold in Europe during the summer of 1996.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Genetically_modified_food (4986 words)

	Paper Andy
		The first commercially available GMO was the FlavrSavr® Tomato in 1994 which was sold in the US.
		The FlavrSavr® also sparked the controversy over whether genetic modification of human foods was an acceptable new farming technique (Lurquin 112).
		It was pulled from the market, not because of the controversy over its genes, but because it was sold for $8/pound and it cost $10/pound to produce (Fedoroff and Brown 92).
	hs.riverdale.k12.or.us /~hfinnert/exhib_06/andy/paper.html (2336 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An example of genetic engineering is the FlavrSavr tomato developed by Calgene.
		When natural tomatoes ripen, a gene is triggered to produce a chemical that makes the fruit become soft and eventally rot.
		As a result, the FlavrSavr tomato softens more slowly, so it can stay on the vine longer to develop a fuller taste.
	www.pages.drexel.edu /~st967b24/pages/page1.htm (100 words)

	© The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
		The FlavrSavr© tomato was developed in 1994 in order to work around the time restrictions on an ordinary tomato.
		Although the flavor is not changed in any appreciable way, the ability of the tomato to resist rotting was increased.
		Biotechnologists inserted an antisense gene into FlavrSavr© tomatoes, which allows tomatoes to ripen on the vine and stay firmer and healthier on their trip to your grocery.
	www.childrensmuseum.org /themuseum/biotech/glossary.htm (1884 words)

	Genetically Engineered Foods
		One company in California developed a way to remove the gene from the tomato, reverse it, and then return it to the tomato.
		This process slows rotting by nearly 90 percent, and has marketed the genetically altered tomato, calling it FlavrSavr.
		The FlavrSavr tomato can now ripen on the vine, be harvested, and then shipped to stores where it will remain fresh and tasty on grocery shelves three times longer than other tomatoes.
	www.webspawner.com /users/engineeredfood (588 words)

	Corrections - Institute for Responsible Technology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He says, "I gotta tell you, you can be Chef Boyardee and mice are still not going to like them." Although this was reported as such in the Washington Post, Salquist is actually the former CEO of Calgene.
		Furthermore, Salquist may have been mistakenly referred to rats instead of mice, as the feeding studies on Calgene's FlavrSavr used rats.
		Calgene CEO Roger Salquist said of his tomato, 'I gotta tell you, you can be Chef Boyardee and.
	www.responsibletechnology.org /utility/showArticle/?objectID=17 (1301 words)

	GM foods...it's not that easy being green
		FlavrSavr had undergone a decade of testing, costing $525 million, before being approved safe by the FDA.
		Although delicious, the FlavrSavr suffers from consumer resistance, high price and a boycott by chefs.
		Nutritionally enhanced crops: Over ~500,000 children each year go blind from a lack of Vitamin A in their diet (or Beta carotene - the vitamin found in orange vegetables), and close to ~ 5 million people / year die because of vitamin A deficiency.
	www.biology.iupui.edu /biocourses/N100/2k3agbio.html (2032 words)

	Steps on the Road to Biotechnolo
		Injections of corrected T-cells every 2 months restores 25% of her immune system function, allowing her and others with ADA deficiency to lead a normal life.
		FlavrSavr had undergone a decade of testing, costing $525 million, before being approved safe by the FDA.
		Although delicious, the FlavrSavr suffers from consumer resistance, high price and a boycott by chefs.
	web1.caryacademy.org /classes/biology/bt/steps_on_the_road_to_biotechnology.htm (3301 words)

	Biotechnology: genetically modified organisms; Biotechnology in Crops: Issues for the Developing World by Laura Spinney ...
		Farmers in the US are expected to plant twice as much GM soybean in 1998 as in 1997, and with resistance to GM soya in Europe, there are concerns that it will be dumped in countries like India [which has a good harvest of its own].
		Similarly, GM FlavrSavr tomatoes were grown in Guatemala, which has hundreds if not thousands of indigenous varieties of tomato, without the consent or knowledge of the authorities.
		Although the tomatoes were grown in greenhouses, Stuber says there is no way of knowing how rigorously they were contained, and there is no information as to whether the transgenic tomatoes spread beyond those sites.
	www.actionbioscience.org /biotech/oxfam_spinney.html (3326 words)

	Flavr Savr
		That Calgene (developer of Flavr Savr) had big financial losses and could only survive because Monsanto essentialy bought Calgene they did not deny.
		Stein, Just a quick note on the FlavrSavr tomato before I leave for the Food Summit (and the NGO Forum) in Rome next week.
		I'm sending you a small article that ran in the March 1996 ISB News on FlavrSavr pointing out that Calgene, in their quarterly report, stated that the FlavrSavr is off the market due to problems with yields, insufficient disease resistance and fruit quality.
	www.gene.ch /gentech/1997/8.96-5.97/msg00638.html (782 words)

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