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Article: Can we be sure no cloned animals are in food chain?
- Article from:
- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- January 11, 2007
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STANDING at just waist height to her proud owner, six-week-old
Dundee Paradise looks as unremarkable as any other calf. But behind
the distinctive flash that runs down the middle of her face, the
black and white Holstein represents what many are describing as a
"horrifying" development that could destroy confidence in food and
farming in Britain.
Dundee Paradise is the daughter of a cloned cow produced in the
United States. The calf was born after five embryos were brought into
the UK without the knowledge of the government.
Farmers want to use the cloning technology to develop supersize
cows able to produce 70 pints of milk a day.
But are British consumers ready to drink the milk and eat ...