Cloned Animals Safe?

The Scribe · Jan 15, 2008

FDA Says Cloned Animals Safe for Food.

Just over a decade after scientists cloned the first animal, the last major barrier to selling meat and milk from clones has fallen: The U.S. government declared this food safe Tuesday. Now, will people buy it?

Consumer anxiety about cloning is serious enough that several major food companies, including the big dairy producer Dean Foods Co. (DF) and Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD), say they aren't planning to sell products from cloned animals.

And the industry says most Americans would never eat a cloned animal for sheer economic reasons: At $10,000 to $20,000 per cloned cow - compared with $1,000 for an ordinary steer - they're too valuable. They would be used primarily for breeding, to produce a steady supply of cattle that are particularly tender, for instance, or for prize dairy cows. It would be offspring of clones that consumers would eat.
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I don't like the idea of eating frankenfood.

Gold Dragon · Jan 15, 2008

This is my concern.

[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]The Food and Drug Administration ruled that labels won't have to reveal whether the food comes from cloned cows, pigs or goats, or the clones' offspring, because those ingredients are no different than meat or milk from livestock bred the old-fashioned way.[/FONT]
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I'm not particularly opposed to cloned animals for food, but I do think consumers should be aware of the choice they are making.
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