December 1/Washington/UPI -- The Quorn line of meat substitutes causes gastrointestinal distress and may even cause a life-threatening allergic reaction, a U.S. non-profit group says.
Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in Washington, asked Michael Taylor, the deputy commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revoke Quorn's "generally recognized as safe" designation for the meat substitutes made from fermented fungus -- Fusarium venenatum.