University sold research pigs as food

[dArKeR]

The government has determined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign failed to comply with safety laws when it allowed offspring of animals used in a genetic experiment to be sold as food.

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION discovered in February that 386 pigs born from pigs used in a study might have entered the food supply. The pigs in the experiment had genes from different species, but the university said the offspring didn’t. The FDA there was no health risk.
In two similar letters sent last week to university officials, FDA stressed that it has never allowed genetically engineered animals into the food supply. “Nevertheless, you released at least 386 pigs from (testing) for sale for slaughter as human food,” FDA wrote.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/978757.asp?0cv=CB10

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Any pigs sold in that food chain...

...taken out of that cycle and reared to reproduce?

[bahrbearian]

3. That's a scarey thought.

[GemMom]

2. Story from Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/feb03/feb17/news/stories/news_story01.shtml

[cliss]

4. Boy, that gives new meaning

to "genetically modified bacon", doesn't it?

[Octafish]

5. That's b-a-a-a-a-d!

When it comes to mass manipulatoin,
nothing's by accident.

[oxycontinrush]

6. Wondered why my pork chops last week had fins

n/t

[tabasco]

7. Ewwww Gross !

I think I will become a vegetarian.

[Exultant Democracy]

8. I am so glad I don't eat meat

but still this is just one more sign that the world is pretty fucked.

[twilight]

9. you sure one of them wasn't named pigboy?