Researchers have been exploring the use of genetic engineering to modify common fruits and vegetables to deliver vaccine material since several years ago. This research has the potential to overcome the constraints associated with traditional vaccines, such as refrigeration requirements. Plant-based edible vaccines have the potential to be produced at a lower cost and be more widely available, particularly in rural communities or developing countries.
This could be a significant benefit... especially in regions where access to funding for refrigerated storage and transportation of traditional vaccines may be limited.
A Florida bill has been filed would require foods genetic engineered to contain vaccines "or vaccine material" to be labeled as such. The bill would seem a premptive strike at a growing industry . No edible vaccines are approved for use in the U.S., but research modifying common fruits and vegetables to delivery vaccine material goes back several years.
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