Does the tree or fruit contain antibiotics? Are these harmful to people or animals eating the fruit or leaves?
The fruit and leaves do not contain any antibiotics, only the antibiotic resistance gene. In addition, it is possible that the leaves and fruit may contain a small amount of the enzyme produced by the NPTII gene that produces kanamycin resistance. This gene and the enzyme it produces have been approved by the FDA in 1994 as safe to be present in food.
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