Clone-Generated Milk, Meat May Be Approved

[Fleshdancer]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100502074.html?nav=hcmodule

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their offspring are safe to eat, raising the question of whether Americans are ready to welcome one of modern biology's most controversial achievements to the dinner table.

Hundreds of cloned pigs, cows and other animals are already living on farms around the country, as companies and livestock producers experiment and await a decision from the FDA.

The agricultural industry has observed a voluntary FDA moratorium on using the products of clones, but it has recently become clear that a few offspring of cloned pigs and cows are already trickling into the food supply. Many in agriculture believe such genetic copies are the next logical step in improving the nation's livestock.

[Bobbie47]

1. Let's hope the FDA grows a pair

and says no......They said in the article no labels on the clone products.

The FDA has made clear it won't require labels on clone products, which may leave meat-eaters who want to avoid them little practical way to do so

[Fleshdancer]

4. Don't hold your breath on the FDA doing the right thing

It pisses me off that they would consider doing this without labeling. Heaven forbid I, the consumer, decide to eat or not eat cloned animals.

[Erika]

2. I wouldn't be surprised if we aren't eating Soylent Green now

Packaged with a Halliburton agricultural stamp.

[OneBlueSky]

3. but it won't be labeled . . . mark my words . . . n/t

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