CLONED ANIMAL FOOD
November 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
AMERICANS are one step closer to eating food derived from cloned animals with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) releasing positive conclusions about its safety. It said that food products derived from animal clones and their offspring are likely to be as safe to eat as food from their non-clone counterparts. A draft executive summary of a risk assessment conducted by scientists at the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine found that healthy adult clones are virtually indistinguishable from their conventional counterparts. Most of the data ...
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