FDA APPROVES CLONED ANIMALS FOR FOOD CHAIN
January 16th, 2008The FDA has approved meat and milk from cloned animals. Although this change will not take place for up to 2 years, I find it frightening that they would go ahead without adequate testing. Another Vioxx disaster in the making, there is a further downside to this one. While Vioxx, when recalled could be pulled from the shelves because of required labeling, there will be no such chance with cloned meats and milk products - there will be no labeling indicating that the products come from cloned animals.
With the onset of NAIS occurring in the same time frame, it appears that the small farmers will not be there to come to our aid, when a virus wipes out the entire cloned herd - NAIS will force burdensome expenditures for implementation and maintenance that will break the financial backs of the small farmers.
Bottom line: We will not have a choice between cloned or natural meat/milk, because the labeling will not reflect th origin of the product. And we will not have the choice to raise our own meat/milk products anymore because of the prohibitive nature of NAIS.
Heaven help us… Read more