Article: Meat from cloned animals on sale 'within two years'

MEAT bred from cloned animals could be on sale in Europe within two years, it emerged today.

Scientists meeting in London were told that American authorities are expected to approve the offspring of cloned animals being sold as meat before the end of the year, without any extra labelling.

The EU has begun discussions about allowing cloned animals to be used in the human food chain, and today British experts said a similar situation could occur here.

"Labelling needs to be handled very carefully, as public acceptance is key to this technology," said Chris Warkup of Genesis Faraday, a government-funded research institute based at the Roslin Institute, where Dolly the sheep was created.

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