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Archive Home > 2012 > July > 17 > Some growers fret over apples engineered to not turn brown

Some growers fret over apples engineered to not turn brown

Industry groups worry the tinkering could bruise fruit’s healthful image

By Andrew Pollack / The Bulletin
July 17, 2012

A small company is trying to bring to market a genetically engineered apple that does not turn brown when sliced or bruised. But it has much of the rest of the apple industry seeing red.

The company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, says the nonbrowning apple will prove popular with consumers and food....

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