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DEL.ICIO.USWould you consume milk or meat from cloned animals?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Wall Street Journal reported today, citing unnamed sources, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would announce as soon as next week that meat and milk from cloned animals is safe for human consumption. The agency had issued a preliminary ruling saying the same thing in December 2006, then opened its findings for public comment.
Biotech companies say that food products from these animals are safe, and that they’re essentially doing the same thing that farmers have done for thousands of years: Selective breeding to strengthen herds with offspring of animals that produce the most milk or the most tender meat.
Consumer advocates point to increased health problems in clones and say it’s too soon to rule that food from these animals or their offspring is safe. (Because clones cost so much to produce, likely any food products would come from their offspring, rather than from the clones themselves.) They also are pushing the FDA to require that food from these animals be labeled.
Want to learn more? The FDA has put together its studies and consumer FAQs. A coalition of consumer groups, led by Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, summarizes its position here.
Would you drink milk or eat meat from a cloned animal or its offspring? Should such food be labeled as coming from clones?
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By FCM
January 4, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
Not knowingly….
Then again I am against the hormone growth that animals get so they go to market faster too.
By One
January 4, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this
HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!! What is this world coming to?!!