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Article: FDA Says Cloned Animals Safe As Food
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- January 15, 2008
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Meat and milk from cloned animals are as safe as that from their counterparts bred the old-fashioned way, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday _ but sales still won't begin right away.
The decision removes the last big U.S. regulatory hurdle to marketing products from cloned livestock, and puts the FDA in concert with recent safety assessments from European food regulators and several other nations.
"Meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones are as safe as food we eat every day," said Dr. Stephen Sundloff, FDA's food safety chief.
But the government has asked animal cloning companies to continue a voluntary moratorium on sales for a little longer ...