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NEW YORK \u2014 US regulators have app<\/a>roved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption. But the company behind it says there are no imminent plans to sell it for meat.<\/p>\n

The pig is genetically engineered to eliminate the presence of alpha-gal, a type of sugar found in many mammals. The sugar makes its way into many products \u2014 including medications, cosmetics and food \u2014 and can cause allergic reactions in some people.<\/p>\n

The main goal of the company behind the pig, United Therapeutics Corp., is to develop medical products, such as blood thinners, that won\u2019t set off such reactions, said its spokesman Dewey Steadman. Eventually, the Silver Spring, Maryland-based firm hopes to develop a way for the pig\u2019s organs to be transplanted into people.<\/p>\n

The pig, called GalSafe, also has commercial potential as food, but Steadman said the company doesn\u2019t know when it might be able to secure an agreement with a meat producer to process and sell it. He noted the meat allergy the pig addresses, called alpha-gal syndrome, isn\u2019t yet considered a major issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s known, but it\u2019s not well known,\u201d Steadman said.<\/p>\n

Health researchers don\u2019t fully understand how the allergy develops, but it\u00a0has been tied<\/a>\u00a0to bites from certain ticks. In 2009, there were 24 reported cases, but more recent estimates exceed 5,000 cases, according to a\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0by a working group for the US Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n

Symptoms can include hives, itching, cramping and vomiting. Unlike other food allergies, alpha-gal reactions typically happen several hours after eating beef, pork or lamb, making it difficult to diagnose.<\/p>\n

Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the Center for Food Safety, noted that meat from the genetically modified pigs wasn\u2019t tested in people with the allergies.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re offering it up as something they can eat, without knowing whether it addresses their allergy,\u201d Hanson said.<\/p>\n

The FDA said it didn\u2019t evaluate allergy-specific food safety, since the company\u2019s application didn\u2019t include data on the preventing such reactions.<\/p>\n

The Center for Food Safety has sued the FDA over the first genetically modified animal\u00a0the agency approved<\/a>\u00a0for human food \u2014 salmon engineered to grow faster. The group said it\u2019s reviewing the agency\u2019s decision on the GalSafe pig posted Monday.<\/p>\n

Greg Jaffe of the Center for Science<\/a> in the Public Interest said the FDA\u2019s approval of the GalSafe pig announced Monday is also concerning because it came without a chance for public comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody was given notice and all of a sudden there\u2019s an approved animal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The company didn\u2019t disclose exactly how it altered the animal\u2019s DNA. Jaffe said the pig was produced by knocking out a gene responsible for producing the sugar and adding another that serves as a marker for the silenced gene.<\/p>\n

Jaffe said he\u2019s not aware of any rules on how pork from genetically modified pigs would need to be labeled to be sold in supermarkets. A representative for the US Department of Agriculture, which oversees meat labeling, did not immedia<\/a>tely respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Steadman said the United Therapeutics pigs would be more difficult to produce than conventional pigs for meat because of requirements governing how they must be kept and slaughtered. He said there are about 25 GalSafe pigs at an Iowa farm.<\/p>\n

Long term, he said the goal is to combine the genetic modification with multiple other changes to make their organs acceptable for transplants in people. For years, researchers have been looking into the idea of transplanting pig organs as a way of eliminating shortages of donated organs.<\/p>\n

Though there aren\u2019t any plans yet to sell meat from GalSafe pigs, the genetically modified salmon could become available in the US soon. AquaBounty, the company that produces the fish, says it is determining the best time to harvest the salmon, which have been growing in indoor tanks at a plant in Indiana.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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