Cloned Meat and Milk Await an Official 'OK'      (U.S. News & World Report)
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U.S. News & World Report - Would you eat meat or drink milk derived from cloned animals? The question--long the stuff of science fiction--is now one that consumers need to consider seriously. The European Food Safety Authority announced Friday that it considers food from clones safe to eat. In the United States, meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to lift a voluntary moratorium issued in 2001 on food products that come from livestock that originated in a petri dish. Companies selling the clones promote the animals' ability to provide superior offspring to livestock breeders, for example. U.S. ...
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US biotechnology firms launched Wednesday a program to track cloned cattle and pigs in anticipation of the possible end of a moratorium on meat and milk from cloned livestock.
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Meat and milk from cloned animals is as safe as that from their counterparts bred the old-fashioned way, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
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The decision removes the last hurdle before meat and milk from cloned animals can be sold at stores.
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Opponents of the cloning of animals score a major victory when the Senate passes an amendment to the farm bill that would require more research on the safety of cloned meat before it reaches your grocery store. The amendment isn't law yet, though, and still must survive a closed-door meeting between Senate and House committees.
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The FDA has approved the sale of cloned meat and milk products in the US, but those items won't be specially labeled. Would you want to know how your ribeye was reproduced?
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Harvard researchers want to be the first in the United States to produce cloned human embryos for disease research.
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The US could approve cloned animals for use as food in as little as two years, according to experts.
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The U.S. green-lights the use of products derived from cloned animals while testing continues, but the nation's biggest milk producer opposes it. Plus: Sanyo earnings probe... Illinois Senate passes stem cell bill... and more.
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Meat industry leaders are taking a &quot;wait and see&quot; approach to news that a case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States.
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The US food safety authority on Tuesday approved meat and milk from cloned animals, clearing the way for them one day to appear in shops despite opposition on ethical and health grounds.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled that food from cloned cattle, pigs and goats and their offspring is as safe as any other food.
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The U.S. government ruled on Tuesday that food from cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door to bringing meat and milk from clone offspring into the food supply.
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Americans may eat it if they want, but  the agriculture minister of France said on Thursday that if  offered a dish of cloned meat, he'd have to say "non."
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The U.S. government ruled on Tuesday that meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, but pressed firms that produce clones to hold off on bringing them into the food supply.
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The European Food Safety Authority this morning said it has concluded that meat and milk from healthy cloned cattle and pigs is "very unlikely" to pose risks to consumers, opening the door to possible European sales of those controversial foods in the future.
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Scientists may be allowed to clone embryos from donated tissues without the need for "express" consent.