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*However, the Food and Drug Administration will soon decide whether the meat in your philly cheese steak or your barbeque spareribs could come from a cloned animal. ... ) Milk and meat products from cloned cattle, pigs, and goats are safe for consumers to eat, according to the new document from the FDA.
Cloned animals, which are genetically identical, are attractive to the industry because ranchers are able to keep their favorite livestock and will be able to provide better tasting meat and more milk and eggs. (reuters)
Studies have shown that there are differences between cloned and regular animals, including a higher incidence of genetic and physiological abnormalities in clones, but scientists say these differences don’t’ pose a threat to someone who eats cloned meat. ... The FDA report does raise some concerns about cloned animals immediately after birth. Many of the young animals are susceptible to underdeveloped respiratory and cardiovascular systems, but as a food safety issue, the FDA said that the risk was small.
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