More Arctic apples in the pipeline
It has been virtually certain for two years that the United States government would deregulate the two genetically engineered Arctic apples created by Okanagan Specialty Fruits of Summerland, British Columbia.
With deregulation of Arctic Golden Delicious and Arctic Granny Smith apples announced in February, the company is turning to other varieties. OSF will submit Arctic Gala and Arctic Fuji for deregulation in the United States sometime within the next year, Neal Carter, company president, told Good Fruit Grower. And this time it expects the review to be more streamlined as it uses the same approach to introduce the non-browning trait in all Arctic varieties.
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