EFSA CONFERENCE TOLD CLONED ANIMALS ARE SAFE TO EAT
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONFERENCE of 500 food health specialists staged in Brussels by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been told that eating meat and dairy from cloned animals is safe. Louis-Marie Houdebine of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) said studies do not indicate differences between clones and naturally bred livestock in meat composition, toxicity or allergenicity.
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A CONFERENCE of 500 food health specialists staged in Brussels by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been told that eating meat and dairy from cloned animals is safe. Louis-Marie Houdebine of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) said studies do not indicate differences between clones and naturally bred livestock in meat composition, toxicity or allergenicity.
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