Talk:Arctic Apples

NPOV Concerns

I know that Jytdog has removed the ad tag, but the article's language is still strongly promotional. Here are the examples I see:

• The claim that

  any apple variety can be transformed in this way

  is not mentioned in the associated reference.

• Weasel words are used to disguise the company's marketing claims as independent opinion:

  Nonbrowning apples are suggested to have a number of supply chain benefits....

  (The emphasis is mine.) The associated reference points to the company's website.

• The inclusion of the modifier in the first sentence of the Approval section,

  like all foods produced through biotechnology

  reads as an assurance of safety to the consumer.

• The phrase

  [w]hen approved by APHIS and CFIA....

  suggests that only one outcome of food agency review is possible.

As the article was probably originally written by somebody employed by or contracted with the company who makes this product (see JCBrooks9's contributions), it seems as though we're fighting an uphill battle here to rework advertising into a legitimate article. I'll do what I can as well to further strip off the marketing language, but we might consider re-adding the tag until an unbiased expert adds new information to the article. Cutting the brown off of a rotten apple can only do so much to save it.Tyharvey313 (talk) 05:21, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

if you think the article should be nominated for deletion, by all means please do so. some of the things you have flagged seem appropriate to delete as promotional; others not so much. but your changes to the article are fine by me; reasonable people can differ.Jytdog (talk) 07:16, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Sources

I removed these two references from the article because the statement they were citing was out of date. Just moving them here since they could still be useful for other content.

• Karst, T. "Q&A | Neal Carter, Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc." The Packer. May 18, 2012.
• Pollack, A. "That Fresh Look, Genetically Buffed" New York Times. July 12, 2012.</ref>

--Sunrise (talk) 06:08, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

edit

hey lfstevens, about this dif... please check out genetically modified crops - there is GM soy and GM canola with changed oil composition, and GM potatoes with changed starch composition. not to mention the older crops with virus resistance. not just Bt and herbicide-resistance... Jytdog (talk) 02:11, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

then again, you did say "many other", not "other". so... ok! Jytdog (talk) 02:12, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

I know. I was just giving an example to clarify the difference. The ones I mentioned get the majority of attention. Lfstevens (talk) 02:29, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Type of gene silencing?

The linked article on gene silencing mentions that there are several types. I think it would be a useful addition to this article if someone has a reference stating which specific type of gene silencing technique was used to reduce expression of the Browning protein. Nrjank (talk) 11:53, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

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Neomycin resistance gene

Text says " This is unlike many other genetically modified foods, which insert genes from other species for the purposes of pesticide tolerance or insect resistance." So I added " However Arctic Apples varieties have gene of neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme from Escherichia coli." because it is gene from other species.Cathry (talk) 02:52, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Safety section

The section below was removed per soapboxing, WP:SOAP, and a biased source, here. --Zefr (talk) 21:51, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

As is the case with a majority of genetically modified (GM) food, the Arctic® apple has never undergone rigorous independent premarket safety testing prior to its approval from the FDA or other regulatory bodies.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently deemed the Arctic® apple, owned by synthetic biology company Intrexon, safe for consumption, relying on company data through a voluntary safety review. Like other genetically modified foods, the Arctic® apple is not required to be labeled as genetically engineered.

From their website, "Arctic® apples are one of the most studied foods of all time. They have been rigorously reviewed by reputable regulatory teams at the USDA, FDA, CFIA and Health Canada, based on more than ten years of data and studies, and these experts all agree that Arctic apples are as safe and healthy as other apples."

A second addition to this section – displaying clear anti-GMO soapboxing, WP:SOAP – was removed here for discussion per WP:BRD:

Entitled: Concerns over safety testing; The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently deemed the Arctic® apple, owned by synthetic biology company Intrexon, safe for consumption, relying on company data through a voluntary safety review. The Arctic® apple is not required to be labeled as genetically engineered.

From their website, "Arctic® apples are one of the most studied foods of all time. They have been rigorously reviewed by reputable regulatory teams at the USDA, FDA, CFIA and Health Canada, based on more than ten years of data and studies, and these experts all agree that Arctic apples are as safe and healthy as other apples." The Arctic® apple website claims their apples have been tested, however omits citations to such data. There is currently no law in the US requiring that GMO foods or foods with GMO ingredients be labeled to so indicate.

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