The industry believes cloning makes for predictable animals
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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.
Just because something was created in a lab, doesn't mean we should have to eat it
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The FDA will not require food derived from cloned animals to be labelled as such.
"The FDA has acted recklessly, and I am profoundly disappointed in their rush to approve cloned foods," said Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, co-sponsor of a bill amendment passed by the US Senate which asked the FDA not to rule until further research was available.
"The FDA's bull-headed action disregards the will of the public and the Senate and opens a literal Pandora's Box," he said.
Observers do not anticipate a rush to market cloned milk and meat
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