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US FDA Deems Cloned Animals Edible
Coldeagle sends us the news that the US Food and Drug Administration has declared that meat from cloned animals is safe to eat. The agency decided that no labeling is necessary for meat or milk from cloned cows, pigs, or goats or their offspring. (Ironically the FDA didn't include cloned sheep in the announcement, claiming a lack of data, though the very first cloned animal was a sheep named Dolly.) The article notes that a couple of major food suppliers have already decided not to use any products of cloning, and that the groups opposed to cloning in the food chain will now concentrate their efforts on convincing more suppliers to boycott the business of cloning. The FDA noted that their focus groups and other public input indicated that about 1/3 of US citizens do not want food from cloned animals under any circumstances; another 1/3 have no objections; and another 1/3 fall somewhere in between.
Yes, it is nice, as they're following the law.
The FDA relies on science, not the variety of cultural and social issues people like to make up in order to claim that the gov't isn't watching out for them.
Frequently its the same people who declare that the gov't should get "it's nose out of my business" when regulating things like recreational drugs. Time to toke up and whine about the cloned cattle!
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.
On a side note, China has began cloning dogs.
if you were me, you'd think the same way