“He says the company does not think pork chops or other meat will need to carry any label identifying it as bioengineered.”

The FDA approved CRISPR-edited pigs that resist a virus costing US farmers over $300 million a year. Genus says the pork needs no bioengineered label. It still needs approval in Mexico, Canada, Japan, and China. The engineered salmon that went first took 20 years and its company barely exists.