BRUSSELS LAUNCHES ANIMAL CLONING LAW CONSULTATION
May 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEAT trade is being asked whether the European Union (EU) should loosen or tighten its rules on the use of cloned animals for meat production. The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the issue, which closes on September 3: it is designed to enlighten Brussels officials so they can propose fresh legislation on the issue next year (2013).
The reforms would replace current controls based on the EU's 1997 novel food regulation which insists that food from cloned animals requires authorisation before being sold in the EU; ...
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