Genetically Engineered Salmon for dinner?

The FDA has just released a report (it had been held up by the Obama administration for months, but finally they relented) concluding that Genetically Engineered Salmon are good for you, an initial step in clearing the way for commercialization.  These fish have been "tweaked" with a hormone here, a hormone there and voila, they grow faster and bigger than wild salmon in a year, so if approval comes in 2013, you could be eating them in 2014, hormones and all.

Needless to say, Consumer Groups are spreading the alarm, as well as demanding that the product be clearly labeled, otherwise it could end up on your table and you might not know it.  The Alaska congressional delegation is particularly alarmed, joined by many others.  The company AquaBounty is being acquired by a privately held company Intrexon, and if you want to see what they're up to, see their web site, it scares me to death.

The FDA has not done any independent tests nor studied the long term effects of eating this, nor done any research on what would happen if the farm-raised fish escaped into the wild.  They are relying almost entirely on the story they're being fed by the company hoping to cash in.  The company plans to grow the fish in Panama (I'm not kidding), a sure-fire way to escape regulatory oversight.  If this makes it to market, we're on a slippery one-way slope with no way back.