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# Keep GE Salmon Off Our Tables
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/keep_ge_salmon_off_our_tables_0531130638/
- Published: 2013-05-31T19:32:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:18:34.000Z
- Description: Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth and thirty other groups are asking grocers, seafood companies and restaurants to pledge not to sell genetically engineered salmon. Target, Giant Eagle, Meijer and H-E-B join more than 55 retailers who committed earlier.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: GMO, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

[**Tell Supermarkets, Food Companies, and Seafood Restaurants to Reject GE Salmon!**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action%5FKEY=10107&ref=foodconsumer.org)

Target, Giant Eagle, Meijer and H-E-B have just agreed not to sell genetically engineered fish in their stores! These retail giants join over 55 other food retailers that made similar commitments earlier this year, including Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh and Hy-Vee.

Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth and a coalition of thirty consumer, food safety, fishing, environmental, sustainable agriculture, parent, public health and animal welfare organizations, have launched a national campaign for GE-Free Seafood. We’ve reached out to the nation’s top grocery stores, seafood companies, and seafood restaurants asking them to commit not to sell genetically engineered fish should it come to market. 

Some of the biggest grocery stores in the U.S. have already replied, stating that they will not sell genetically engineered salmon in their stores. Together, these supermarkets and restaurants are showing that they care about consumers and sustainable fisheries. But there are a lot more companies yet to sign!

Since the FDA has stated that it will likely not require GE fish to be labeled, consumers will have no way of avoiding the fish at the market unless companies make clear to consumers where they stand on the issue. 

[**Sign the petition**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action%5FKEY=10107&ref=foodconsumer.org) **to urge Supermarkets, Seafood companies and restaurants to take a position not to purchase, sell, or serve GE salmon**

*The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed the approval of genetically engineered (GE) salmon for commercial use. Now in its final stage of review, the GE fish would be the first transgenic animal to be approved for human consumption. Biotechnology companies are announcing plans to seek approval for other GE fish. Over one million Americans have already submitted comments to FDA opposing approval of these risky GE salmon. We are deeply concerned about the risks to wild salmon populations, sustainable fisheries, the marine environment, and the potential effects to human health from the introduction of GE salmon.* 
  
*GE salmon threaten marine environments, wild salmon fisheries, and the communities that depend upon them. The risk of transgenic contamination of wild salmon has been raised numerous times by members of the public, scientific and fishing communities, and even Congress. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Guide opposed the introduction of GE salmon “due to the inherent environmental risks involved.”* 
  
*While data on human health impacts of GE fish is sparse, some recent studies have provided cause for concern. Some research has suggested that transgenic fish may be susceptible to more diseases, so the amount of antibiotics given to GE fish may be higher than the amount currently given to farmed fish.* 
  
*According to a recent poll, 91% of Americans feel FDA should not introduce GE fish into the marketplace. Consumers want to make more sustainable seafood choices, and food companies, restaurants, and supermarkets need to provide them.* 
  
*We are very concerned about buying unlabeled GE salmon and are looking to food companies and retailers to assure us that they will not carry GE fish. We urge you to take a position not to intentionally purchase, sell, or serve GE salmon or other GE fish, and to make your policy known to consumers. Over 55 supermarkets and food companies have already rejected GE fish, including Target, Giant Eagle, Raley's, Trader Joe's, Aldi, Meijer, Whole Foods and many others. If these companies can do it, so can yours.* 

[**This petition**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action%5FKEY=10107&ref=foodconsumer.org) **will be sent to the top 60 U.S. supermarkets, top 30 seafood companies, and top 10 seafood restaurant chains. We will update our** [**Guide to Avoiding GE Fish**](http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/fact-sheets/2248/guide-to-avoiding-ge-fish?ref=foodconsumer.org) **as our conversation with companies progresses.**

**Want more ways to get involved in our GE Fish Campaign?** After taking action, you’ll be taken to a page with free downloadable materials and ideas to get involved in your own community.

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*From Institute for Responsible Technology Food Fund Policy*