Cloned Puppies

BRUSSELS ( Reuters ) - The European Union announced plans on Tuesday to temporarily ban the use of animal cloning for food production, while allowing imports of food derived from the offspring of clones from the United States and elsewhere. The report from the European Commission followed a call by EU lawmakers in July for a total ban on food derived from cloned animals and their traditionally bred offspring, citing ethical concerns over the industrial production of cloned meat. The...Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's food watchdog said it had found that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow had entered the UK food chain and had been eaten, stirring controversy over whether such products are ethical. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that under European rules, suppliers are supposed to obtain a license before selling products from cloned animals but added there was no suggestion they posed any health danger to consumers. "While there is no evidence that consuming...Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's food watchdog said it had found that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow had entered the UK food chain and had been eaten, stirring controversy over whether such products are ethical. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that under European rules, suppliers are supposed to obtain a license before selling products from cloned animals but added there was no suggestion they posed any health danger to consumers. "While there is no evidence that consuming...Read Full Story

Meat from two bulls which were the offspring of a cloned cow have entered the food chain in Britain, officials admitted Wednesday, as they continued to investigate further possible breaches. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that meat from two bulls, Parable and Dundee Paratrooper, "will have been eaten". The animals were among eight cattle conceived using eight embryos harvested from a cloned cow in the United States, it said. The news has fuelled debate in Britain about the ethics and...Read Full Story

Food safety officials in Britain are to investigate a claim that milk from the offspring of a cloned cow was on sale for public consumption, they said Monday. The disclosure has provoked concern among some farming campaigners, and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is set to investigate a report in Friday's International Herald Tribune newspaper. But the body which represents Britain's dairy industry insisted that there was no danger. The newspaper quoted a British dairy farmer, speaking...Read Full Story