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Article: VOA NEWS: FDA DECLARES FOOD FROM CLONED ANIMALS SAFE
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 15, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Cindy Saine
A final report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concludes that meat and milk from cloned cows, pigs, goats and their offspring are safe for American consumers to eat and drink. Opponents, including a number of consumer and animal rights groups, say the FDA was heavily influenced by the biotechnology industry, and failed to consider possible side effects of cloning. VOA's Cindy Saine reports from Washington.
Top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials were joined at a news conference in Washington Tuesday by U.S. Agriculture Department Undersecretary Bruce Knight, who said his department agrees that foods from ...