Savr

The Flavr Savr tomato (the rotting gene was removed) was approved for sale in the UK, but its arrival was pre-empted by hysterical protest about GM ingredients and it never made it to the shops.

Just because GM is gaining popularity doesn't make it right Lucy Siegle 2010

Three years later, the FDA deemed the “Flavr Savr” tomato – a food developed through biotechnology – safe.

Old School Thursday: Chicken Dance to Foie Gras Edition Kit Pollard 2009

Three years later, the FDA deemed the “Flavr Savr” tomato – a food developed through biotechnology – safe.

Archive 2009-05-01 Kit Pollard 2009

Flavr Savr: Genetic engineering of plants is moving from the laboratory into field testing, but commercial products are mostly still in the future.

Splashing In The Gene Pool 2008

The first example of recombinant DNA in a form suitable for lunch makes its debut next summer: the Flavr Savr tomato (chart).

A Mystery In Your Lunchbox 2008

Calgene, a biotechnology company in Davis, Calif., spent 10 years and $25 million getting the Flavr Savr from petri dish to FDA approval.

A Tomato With A Body That Just Won't Quit 2008

How to Build a Better Tomato, Step by Stop1 The DNA of tomato cells contains one segment that causes the fruit to soften. 2 This softening segment is isolated and chemically defined. 3 An exact mirror image is constructed (the new Flavr Savr gene) .4 Introduced into tomato plant tissue (via bacterium), the new gene and the softening gene co-exist.

A Mystery In Your Lunchbox 2008

Flavr Savr: Genetic engineering of plants is moving from the laboratory into field testing, but commercial products are mostly still in the future.

Splashing In The Gene Pool 2008

For every anti-GM activist claiming that the Flavr-Savr tomato will cause us to grow horns there's a researcher praising it as the end to world hunger.

Nancy Scola: The Green Revolution 2.0 2008

If you look around, sometimes you can find them next to the Flavr Savr Tomatoes.

Found On Front Porch 2007