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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Okanagan company behind genetically modified apple sold to American firm

SUMMERLAND – Just a couple weeks after getting approval to sell two of it’s controversial apples in the U.S., Okanagan Specialty Fruits has been sold to a synthetic biology company in the States. Interxon is paying about $41-million in stock and cash for the Summerland company that created an apple genetically engineered not to turn...