FDA says cloned meat and milk safe - again
Except for your grubby
arteries!
Meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as the natural version, the Food and Drug Administration declared, clearing the way for such products to enter the food supply without special labeling.
“Meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine and goats and their offspring are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals,” said Randall Lutter, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for policy…
Initially, only a small amount of steaks, pork and dairy products derived from clones will become available in grocery stores. But over the next three to five years — after ranchers have time to clone their most prized animals and those clones are able to breed — the products will become routine on store shelves, industry executives said…
The risk assessment noted that “cloning raises many ethical and economic concerns” that are important to the public but said the FDA’s task was to focus on the science.
I headlined this “again” because scientific study after study, governmental and private, reaches the same conclusion.
Posted: Wed - January 16, 2008 at 07:12 AM