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FDA disregarded results on food from cloned animals
Its own surveys showed that most people don't want to eat food from clones, and wouldn't feed it to their children, but the FDA still decided not to require labeling.
Alex Koppelman [2008-03-18]

  • Clone = after-the-fact twin

    I just don't get why someone would be anxious about cloned food--does the FDA notify us when a particular calf is born a twin? That's just a "natural" clone (assuming an identical twin), and it's totally not an issue.

    Cloning livestock represents other threats--it minimizes the disease resistance of the herd by reducing the genetic variety of that herd, and could result in a loss of biodiversity in the form of certain genetic traits. Those are concerns. Those warrant sustained conversations about ethics and genetics.

    But unless you want to be 100% sure you're not eating twins either, what's the deal with clones?

    -- Bollinl
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    Tuesday, March 18, 2008 03:26 PM
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