Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

"Food safety issues have been resolved"

From today's stop and start teleconference, food from cloned animals is as safe as any other food, the FDA says. The FDA also said it will also not require labeling for food from cloned animals, despite consumer reservations about the technology. However, the FDA and USDA said it wants a voluntary industry led moratorium on "cloned" beef and milk distributed in the market place to continue for an indefinite period, a transition time to the commercialization of the technology. Only a few hundred cloned animals exist now.

Even more than irradiation, I think, cloned food faces some uphill battles in terms of consumer acceptance. I can't see why irradiated fruits and vegetables, as it stands now, require a radura, while cloned milk or meat apparently will not require any special labeling.

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