Most successful plant-to-animal gene transfer

According to Official Guinness Records,

In January 2002, Japanese scientists led by Akira Iritani announced that they had successfully implanted vegetable genetic material into an animal for the first time. The genetically modified pigs contain a spinach gene which reportedly will make the pork meat less fatty and thus more healthy to eat. The pigs were born in mid 1998 and no health problems have been reported in them since then.

For a complete list of 2002 records, please visit 2002 Guinness Records in Japan.

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