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Food From Cloned Animals: The Controversy Continues |
February 13, 2008
Previously published on February 5, 2008
On January 15th, FDA issued its final risk assessment on the safety of meat and milk from healthy cloned animals and their offspring. Consistent with FDA's 12/06 draft guidance, it concluded that there is no incremental risk to humans from consumption of these foods. See, "Cloned Foods." FDA does not currently plan to impose a requirement that foods from cloned animals be labeled as such. A voluntary moratorium on products from the offspring of cloned animals is lifted. FDA nevertheless asked that the voluntary moratorium on using milk from cloned animals remain in place, pending further inquiries as requested by certain Senators. Some food companies have promised that they will not use cloned milk or meat in their products. Organic producers say that meat, milk and other products from cloned animals will not be sold as "organic" in the United States. Some critics have suggested that FDA's analysis is faulty because it focused on the total number of animals that appear to be adversely affected, not the frequency or severity of the health problems.
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