Food From Cloned Animals: A Bait And Switch?
This article presents an overview regarding the status of meat and milk products from cloned animals, as the state of California debates the first law in the U.S. requiring labeling of such foods.
California is addressing the nation’s first law that would require food from cloned animals to be labeled as such, though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet allowed these food products on the market. The FDA issued a memo in December 2006 that food from cloned animals resented no serious safety issues, though there are no peer-reviewed safety studies on cloned meat and only three inconclusive ones covering cloned animal milk.
A December 2006 Pew Research survey showed that nearly half of all people think that food from cloned animals is unsafe, while 36% are unsure.
Cloning is an expensive and unreliable process, and is therefore not likely to be commercially viable, but the push for these products is originating from a small sector of the biotech industry. In particular, two companies, Cyagra and ViaGen, provided the data that represents one-fourth of the FDA’s report.
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