Month: September 2022

INITIAL FDA VOLUNTARY BAN ON USA CLONED MEAT. "Livestock cloning has been going on since at least 1998. In 2003, the FDA issued a voluntary ban on food products from cloned animals and their offspring until the organization could examine the safety issues." http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/cloned-meat1.htm View in LinkedIn

SMALL INITIAL SOURCE OF US CLONED MEAT IN 2008. "As of March 2008, the USDA estimated that there were around 600 cloned animals used for breeding in the United States." Numbers today are hard to source. http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/cloned-meat1.htm View in LinkedIn

US FDA APPROVED CLONED MEAT AS FOOD. "In January 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the sale of cloned animals and their offspring for food, despite fierce opposition from animal welfare and consumer advocacy groups, environmental organizations, some members of Congress, and many consumers." http://lnkd.in/dZ-n8kg View in LinkedIn

US MANUFACTURER'S OPPOSITION. US Center for Food Safety stated in 2008 that "20 leading U.S. food producers—including Kraft Foods, General Mills, Gerber/Nestle, Campbell’s Soup and Ben and Jerry’s—will not use cloned animals in their products: "represents a growing industry trend of responding to consumer demand for better food safety, environmental and animal welfare standards." http://lnkd.in/dZ-n8kg View in LinkedIn

2010: START OF UK MEAT CLONING SCANDAL FROM US CLONES. "Earlier this week a Scottish farmer admitted that he had raised cows derived from an American clone. Meat from at least one of the animals was sold to wholesalers and probably ended up in stores. It's not illegal to sell meat and dairy products derived from cloned animals in Britain." http://lnkd.in/dEdpBmj View in LinkedIn

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NOV 2012, USA CLONED MEAT: DATA NOT AVAILABLE. "It may come as a surprise, but you may be consuming cloned meat on a regular basis. In fact, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (head of the USDA) says that he has no idea whether or not cloned meat has been sold inside the United States — or even how much." http://lnkd.in/drhUGqE View in LinkedIn

UK BEEF PROVENANCE BY FLAWED PASSPORT. "But the passport law was passed before large-scale animal cloning became feasible. On the British form, there is simply no box labeled "American clone" for farmers to tick. And British agriculture officials were apparently unaware of the restrictions because they were imposed by another bureaucracy — the Food Standards Agency." http://lnkd.in/dEdpBmj View in LinkedIn

EXTENT OF THE UK CLONED MEAT CASES. "At least 100 clone offspring cattle are being reared on farms in this country. Most are at Newmeadow Holsteins, a dairy herd based at Nairn, North-East Scotland. But Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, the Co-op, Marks & Spencer and Waitrose have responded to customer concerns ..." http://lnkd.in/duWPR4r View in LinkedIn

UK CONSUMERS WANT TRANSPARENCY ON PROVENANCE OF FOOD (2011). "Food from the offspring of cloned animals, including meat and milk, has been approved for sale without labels. The Food Standards Agency yesterday tore up proposals that would have required it to go through a safety assessment. It comes despite research showing eight in ten shoppers oppose the cloning of farm livestock." http://lnkd.in/dHgDQWd View in LinkedIn