FDA nearing the approval of cloned meats
In article >, " BOB" > writes:
> 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."
Right. The consumer will accept it because they won't be able to
identify it as being cloned. Self-fulfilling prophecy at it's worst. What a
jerk.
- Sharon, "You'll eat it and you'll like it!"
"Gravity... is a harsh mistress!"
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