MEAT from transgenic pigs destined for destruction was turned into sausage
and eaten by at least nine people in Florida. It may be the first time people in
the US have eaten genetically modified meat.
This month Florida prosecutors have launched an investigation into the
incident, which began when a University of Florida employee stole three dead
experimental pigs. Unaware of the meat’s origin, a butcher made sausages from
it. Helen Griffin, who ate about 5 pounds of the sausages with a friend, thought
they “tasted real good”.
No ill effects were reported, but officials at the National Institutes of…
