The US Food & Drug Administration is hot on the heels of its EU equivalent with its announcement that meat & dairy products from cloned animals are safe to eat. And they aren't issuing a requirement that cloned foods be labelled as such, so consumers won't be able to make a conscious decision about whether they want to eat cloned food or not.
Here there is also no labelling about whether agricultural products have been genetically modified or not. So now we will have cloned cows eating genetically modified grain. Sounds like something out of Oryx & Crake. So Big Food is real!
The decision feels a little premature to me. Dolly was only cloned 11 years ago, and she lived to 6, not the usual sheep lifespan of 12-15 years, because she was euthanised to relieve her from lung disease and arthritis. Cloned animals are known to suffer from poorer health than conventionally bred animals.
Why don't they clone endangered species instead? We know there are enough cows in the world.
Vegetarianism never looked so good.
Here there is also no labelling about whether agricultural products have been genetically modified or not. So now we will have cloned cows eating genetically modified grain. Sounds like something out of Oryx & Crake. So Big Food is real!
The decision feels a little premature to me. Dolly was only cloned 11 years ago, and she lived to 6, not the usual sheep lifespan of 12-15 years, because she was euthanised to relieve her from lung disease and arthritis. Cloned animals are known to suffer from poorer health than conventionally bred animals.
Why don't they clone endangered species instead? We know there are enough cows in the world.
Vegetarianism never looked so good.
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