[Avodah] The kashrus status of genetically engineered food

Marty Bluke via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Wed Aug 3 01:30:01 PDT 2016


I saw an interesting article
https://shmuelmaybruch.com/2016/07/26/nothing-to-pout-about-the-kosher-status-of-genetically-modified-salmon/
about the kashrut of genetically engineered salmon. They are mixing in DNA
from non-kosher fish to make the salmon grow at a much faster rate and the
question is does the DNA from non-kosher fish make these salmon non-kosher?

This raises fascinating questions about the future of kashrut. How will
halacha deal with these innovations? How will things like lab grown meat be
treated? Will this create a schism between the Charedi world which is
generally conservative in these areas and organisations like the OU? How
will poskim who have no secular education whatsoever, understand and deal
with these kinds of questions? Will these advances make almost everything
kosher (or treif)?
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