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Article: System devised to track food from cloned animals
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- International Herald Tribune
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- December 20, 2007
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Andrew Pollack The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
12-20-2007
System devised to track food from cloned animals
Byline: Andrew Pollack The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
Responding to concerns in the food industry, companies developing cloned livestock have come up with a system to track the animals as they move through farms and slaughterhouses.
The system, which was to be announced Wednesday, would make it easier for food companies or retailers to support claims that their products contain no meat or milk from cloned animals.
The program comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is thought to be preparing to lift a voluntary ...