Wednesday 16 January 2008

BBC: US approves animal clones as food

From BBC: US approves animal clones as food:

The US government has given the green light to the production and marketing of
foods derived from cloned animals.

After six years of study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that meat and milk from cloned pigs, cattle and goats and their offspring is safe.

Lack of data meant the agency could not reach a decision on sheep products.

The FDA does not expect to see a lot of products from cloned animals being sold now, because of cost. It expects clones would first be used for breeding.

On the one hand: Ew. On the other hand: The answer to world hunger. Such moral dilemmas we face.

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