Cloned Meat Coming to a Grocery Store Near You?

[Horse with no Name]

http://www.webmd.com/news/20080115/fda-meat-of-cloned-animals-safe-to-eat
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Mendelson says his group and others would now shift part of their focus to requiring producers to label meat and milk from cloned parents. "Labeling is going to be a big fight," he says.

Batra, the cattlemen's association spokeswoman, says her industry would oppose labels drawing a distinction between traditional meat and meat from cloned sources.

"The science says there is no difference between the two, and it's perfectly safe, and it doesn't need to be labeled," she says.

Stephen Sundlof, the director of the FDA's Center of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, says the agency did not intend to label cloned products on grocery store shelves. "The FDA does not require labeling if there are no food safety issues."

[Justitia]

1. Do I have to give it back? LOL

Darn, you fixed it! It was way funnier before.

Hi there, BTW :hi:

[Horse with no Name]

2. Nah...please keep it

:D

[nonconformist]

3. "her industry would oppose labels"

Color me shocked.

And why are they afraid of labeling if it's perfectly safe? Why, don't they want people to know they're eating a science experiment?

Argh.

[Horse with no Name]

4. Especially if cancer rates soar in the areas where cloned

meat is sold.

[lurky]

5. Compared to all the other horrible things they are doing to our food,

I find this pretty hard to get excited about. Hormones, cancer-causing pesticides, and GM crops are all travesties that we will be paying for for decades. Cloning animals is creepy, but I don't see how it could be harmful.

[Digit]

6. I would guess if the meat is labeled organic, it would not be cloned?

At least that is what I hope...

[Horse with no Name]

7. Didn't they change the criteria for organic?

Hopefully someone can fill us in on the nuance of it.

[dorkulon]

9. That's true.

At least according to the suits at the press conference.

[candice]

8. Eat vegetarian. Healthier and if you buy organic, less chance of cancer