Article: FDA: Preliminary exam suggests cloned meat safe; FDA says it is not yet planning to allow cloned animals to enter 'the food chain'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Meat or milk derived from healthy cloned farm animals appears safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday in its first attempt at assessing questions about the emerging technology.

That doesn't mean Americans will be eating cloned meat any time soon, if ever.

FDA wants public reaction to its assessment before it decides if cloned farm animals will require government approval before being sold as food - a decision expected to take another year.

The still-fledgling industry - there are at most a few hundred cloned farm animals alive - has voluntarily agreed for the past several years not to allow any products from cloned animals into the food supply.

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