Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Consumers may not be able to avoid cloned food.....
Less than a dozen years after Dolly the sheep became the world's first cloned mammal, grocers and restaurateurs are digesting the fact that milk and meat from cloned animals could soon filter into their supply chains.
The government took major steps toward easing cloned livestock and their offspring into the food supply in mid-January, when the Food and Drug Administration concluded they're safe to eat.
The question is, will consumers swallow the new technology? And how will food businesses cope if their customers balk?
Labels: cloning, food, health and safety
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Really?!? Really?!
Cloned meat is as safe as any other.
That's what the federal government said yesterday in removing the last major hurdle that barred genetically duplicated cows, pigs, and other livestock from reaching US markets.
"Meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones are as safe as food we eat every day," said Dr. Stephen Sundloff, the Food and Drug Administration's food-safety chief.
The FDA won't require food makers to label if their products came from cloned animals.
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Several firms, including dairy giant Dean Foods and Hormel Foods, have said that because of consumer anxiety, they have no plans to sell milk or meat from cloned animals.
"The FDA has acted recklessly," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.). "Just because something was created in a lab doesn't mean we should have to eat it.
"If we discover a problem with cloned food after it is in our food supply and it's not labeled, the FDA won't be able to recall it like they did Vioxx - the food will already be tainted."
SOURCE
That's what the federal government said yesterday in removing the last major hurdle that barred genetically duplicated cows, pigs, and other livestock from reaching US markets.
"Meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones are as safe as food we eat every day," said Dr. Stephen Sundloff, the Food and Drug Administration's food-safety chief.
The FDA won't require food makers to label if their products came from cloned animals.
.....
Several firms, including dairy giant Dean Foods and Hormel Foods, have said that because of consumer anxiety, they have no plans to sell milk or meat from cloned animals.
"The FDA has acted recklessly," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.). "Just because something was created in a lab doesn't mean we should have to eat it.
"If we discover a problem with cloned food after it is in our food supply and it's not labeled, the FDA won't be able to recall it like they did Vioxx - the food will already be tainted."
SOURCE
Labels: cloning, food supply, Really?, warning
