CLONED ANIMAL FOOD TO BECOME OFFICIALLY APPROVED WITHIN THE EU
June 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MANUFACTURE of meat and dairy products from cloned animals is likely to become legal in the European Union (EU) under a revised EU novel food regulation. This prospect follows a vote at yesterday's EU Council of Ministers (agriculture) approving changes to this law, which require conformation by the European Parliament to enter into force. Ministers "explicitly" included cloned animal food within the regulation's controls, said a communiqué. They also asked the European Commission to review the issue for one year before deciding ...
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