The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has given Del Monte the green light to grow a strain of pineapple genetically engineered to be pink, which was found to be “safe and nutritious.”

Labeled by Del Monte as “extra sweet pink fresh pineapple,” the genetically modified (GM) variety will be grown initially in Costa Rica.

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