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Tomato is first CRISPR-edited food to go on sale in the world

By Michael Le Page Tomatoes with genes edited by CRISPR technology are now on sale in Japan Courtesy of Sanatech Seed For the first time ever, you can now buy a food altered by CRISPR gene editing – at least, if you live in Japan, where the Sicilian Rouge High GABA tomato has just gone on sale. “We started shipping the tomatoes on September 17,” says Minako Sumiyoshi at Japanese start-up…