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Safety Of Cloned Animal Products Uncertain — EU Agency

Sunday, July 27, 2008
Posted in Cloning | Tagged Cloning

The European Union’s food safety agency said cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed. “It is clear there are significant animal health and welfare issues for surrogate mothers and clones that can be more frequent and severe than for conventionally bred animals,” Vittorio Silano, chair of EFSA’s scientific committee, said. According to a report in the Daily Mail, the UK’s food and farming department, DEFRA, has refused so far to ensure that cloned products do not reach consumers.

http://in.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idINL2310023020080724?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0

http://www.dailymail.co.uk:80/news/worldnews/article-1038170/EU-food-safety-experts-say-NO-cloned-meat.html