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The Food and Drug Administration recently announced that genetically engineered non-browning apples and bruise-resistant potatoes were as safe and wholesome as their conventional counterparts. The apples and potatoes were just permitted for commercial planting by the Agriculture Department, which looks primarily at whether the crops would pose a threat to other plants. The F.D.A. review looks at food safety. The so-called Arctic apples, developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits, resist turning brown when sliced or bruised, which could cut wastage of fruit and make sliced apples more appealing. The Innate potatoes, developed by the J. R. Simplot Company, resist bruising and also have been altered so that less of a potential cancer-causing chemical is produced when the potatoes are fried. The F.D.A. rarely, if ever, issues news releases when it concludes a review of a genetically modified crop but this time it appears that they did.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/business/gene-altered-apples-and-potatoes-are-safe-fda-says.html?ref=science

Gene-Altered Apples and Potatoes Are Safe, F.D.A. Says

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