Gene-editing technologies provide a faster, more precise way to create animals with desirable traits. The FDA has issued an investigational approval to researchers, giving them permission to feed people meat from a new line of pigs, which are genetically engineered to be sterile. Society won’t be able to take full advantage of biotech’s benefits without public acceptance, and CRISPR’d sausage has the potential to change some minds.
Source: CRISPR sausage gets FDA green light for consumption – Big Think