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Default FDA nearing the approval of cloned meats

In article >,
" BOB" > wrote:

> In this press release, a senior FDA official was quoted as saying that
> he saw no reason to place special labels on milk and meat from cloned
> animals if those products reach grocery shelves.
> Apparently that will be the case. There will be no lableling of meats
> or their products of cloned animals that distinguishes them from meats
> that are not from cloned animals. According to the article:
>
> "We feel like the average consumer is going to accept this technology
> as we move forward," said Barb Glenn of the Biotechnology Industry
> Organization. "There will not be a label that will indicate this is
> anything other than healthy meat and milk."


While I DO have issues with Genetically altered foods, I have no problem
with genetically _copied_ foods. ;-)

What is wrong with cloned animals other than the fact that they don't
generally live as long?
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