Though it will likely be years before any cloned food appears on the market, the FDA has approved of the sale of meat and milk from cloned animals in the United States without special labels or warnings. The U.S. Agriculture Department is now responsible for getting cloned food to market.
Cloned Food News
- Google News: Cloned Food
- LiveVideo: FDA: Cloned animals safe for consumption
- The Washington Post: "Labels Weighed for Food From Clones" (January 20, 2008)
- "Clone companies oppose labels, seeing them as little more than a tool to help wary consumers avoid clone-derived products."
- The New York Times: "F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe" (January 16, 2008)
- FoxNews.com: FDA Set To Give Final OK To Food Derived From Cloned Animals (January 15, 2008)
- Seattle Times: "FDA's report says food from cloned animals safe" (January 15, 2008)
- Bloomberg.com: Food From Cloned Animals Would Be Safe, EU Group Says (January 11, 2008)
- Telegraph: "Europe rules eating cloned animals is safe" (January 11, 2008)
References
Fast Facts
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Senator Barbara Mikulski is oppose to cloned meat without labels
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The FDA granted approval for the sale of cloned meat on January 18, 2008
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Companies producing cloned meat have stated that the implementation of labels could possibly hurt sales
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Legislation has already been proposed in the Senate to force the FDA to require labels on clones meat
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Likely to be several years before cloned meat can be marketed
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Stephan Sundlof, director of the FDA Center for food safety stated that food from cloned animals is "indistinguishable" from conventional foodThe New York Times: F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe (January 16, 2008)
