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FDA: Cloned Milk And Meat Are OK
FDA: Cloned Milk And Meat Are OK, Consumer Activists, Though, Say It's Not Kosher; FDA Seeks Comment - CBS News
CBS/AP) There's no evidence that meat or milk derived from healthy cloned farm animals can harm people, the Food and Drug Administration says in its first attempt at assessing questions about the emerging technology.
That doesn't mean Americans will be eating cloned meat any time soon, stressed Dr. Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's veterinary medicine chief.
The FDA wants public reaction to its assessment of cloning's impact on the food supply before it decides if cloned farm animals will require government approval before being sold as food — a decision expected to take another year.
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Consumer reaction could prove key to whether food producers want to invest in cloning technology or not. Foods that are genetically modified face trade barriers overseas despite FDA assurances that those now sold are safe. While cloning means a genetic copy, not genetic modification, public understanding of biotechnology is sketchy.
"If these products are safe, is the consumer confident in that?" asked Stephanie Childs of the Grocery Manufacturers of America. "We're definitely examining this issue very closely."
What do you think?
CBS/AP) There's no evidence that meat or milk derived from healthy cloned farm animals can harm people, the Food and Drug Administration says in its first attempt at assessing questions about the emerging technology.
That doesn't mean Americans will be eating cloned meat any time soon, stressed Dr. Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's veterinary medicine chief.
The FDA wants public reaction to its assessment of cloning's impact on the food supply before it decides if cloned farm animals will require government approval before being sold as food — a decision expected to take another year.
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Consumer reaction could prove key to whether food producers want to invest in cloning technology or not. Foods that are genetically modified face trade barriers overseas despite FDA assurances that those now sold are safe. While cloning means a genetic copy, not genetic modification, public understanding of biotechnology is sketchy.
"If these products are safe, is the consumer confident in that?" asked Stephanie Childs of the Grocery Manufacturers of America. "We're definitely examining this issue very closely."
What do you think?
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