Meat and Milk from Cloned Animals in America's Food Supply?
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Twelve years after scientists produced Dolly the Sheep from the cells of another animal, the FDA says milk and meat from cloned livestock is safe to eat. Is the world ready? Critics say cloning's expensive, inefficient and cruel. What about the quality of the food and the "yuck" factor? Also, a business editor on the basics of stimulating the economy, and a look at colonial days, when Christmas was banned by the Puritans.
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Meat and Milk from Cloned Animals in America's Food Supply? ()
Early this year, the Food and Drug Administration announced that meat and dairy products from cloned animals were safe to eat. The Department of Agriculture immediately called for a "voluntary moratorium," asking farmers to keep cloned animals off the market indefinitely, to buy time to build acceptance among US and foreign consumers. Americans are already eating meat, not from cloned animals themselves but from their progeny. This discussion was recorded in January, but our guests tell us nothing has changed. If nobody can tell the difference, what's the problem? Is it cruel to animals? Should it be labeled?
Guests:
- Mark Peel: Executive Chef and Owner, Campanile Restaurant
- Marion Nestle: Professor of Food Studies, New York University, @marionnestle
- David Faber: President, Trans Ova
- Jaydee Hanson: Policy Analyst, Center for Food Safety
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