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Article: What's the beef? The FDA weighs whether to allow meat and milk from cloned animals to enter the food supply. Opponents fear the impact.(FEATURES)(PLANET)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 22, 2004
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Byline: Tim King Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
LONG PRAIRIE, MINN. -- In the beginning, there was Dolly. Since then, one by one, beef and dairy cattle, pigs, and goats have joined the Scottish sheep in a 21st century ark of cloned farm animals.
But while cloned animals have become common in the lab, they have yet to make it to the dinner table. That could change if the Food and Drug Administration overturns a ban on the consumption of cloned livestock. In a few years, their meat or milk could become a regular staple on America's menu.
The results could be significant: higher-quality meat and dairy products, foods engineered to be ...