Tag: Flavr savr

In 1994, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first genetically modified food for human consumption, a tomato with a longer shelf life. This groundbreaking product was the Flavr Savr tomato, developed by the Californian company Calgene.

Despite widespread misconceptions, with the exception of the historical Flavr Savr and some niche gene-edited varieties, the tomatoes you find in the supermarket today are not classified as a **GMO**. The famous Flavr Savr was voluntarily taken off shelves decades ago, and modern gene-editing differs fundamentally from traditional genetic modification.