A few recent articles have mentioned how the CRISPR gene editing technique - basically you cut out a chunk of DNA, or add some DNA, and the cell fixes itself - doesn't need to be labeled a GMO. Oh you can also patent these changes as they're not natural.
A recent sci american article discusses US mushroom growers testing a mushroom that stops bruising. It's been grown and tested, has yet to be eaten. However it wouldn't need to be labeled or tested as a GMO. Some potatoes modified with CRISPR have been growing in fields for a year.
They state dollar figures - to change the one enzyme it would be about 3 days work and a few hundred in materials. Not counting the labor or knowledge behind it. However that's amazing cheap. Also a little scary.
http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-tw...lation-1.18590
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