Food & agriculture · 1994

Flavr Savr tomato

The first genetically engineered whole food on supermarket shelves, a slow-softening tomato.

Calgene's Flavr Savr was approved by the US FDA in 1994, engineered with antisense RNA to delay softening. It was a commercial failure but set the regulatory path for later GM crops.

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