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Safety Concerns Regarding Animal Cloning |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / IMPACTS |
| Author: U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2007 |
| Size: 676 Words, 4,386 Characters |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to ask producers and breeders not to introduce food made from clones into the food supply. Recently the agency issued three documents on the safety of animal cloning. Included were a draft risk assessment; a proposed risk management plan; and a draft guidance for industry.
Risk assessment
The draft risk assessment finds that meat and milk from clones of adult cattle, p...
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...to pass on naturally-occurring, desirable traits such as disease resistance and higher quality meat to production herds. Because clones will be used primarily for breeding, almost all of the food that comes from the cloning process is expected to be from sexually-reproduced offspring and descendents of clones, and not the clones themselves.
Copyright © 2007 U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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