Cloned Food ?

So much happens in our fast paced world today it can sometimes be very hard to keep up. And this is probably just the way that big brother wants it. Did you know that the FDA is wanting to clone cattle for dairy and beef consumption? And I am not a wacky conspiracy theorist (ok maybe I am !) talking about something that might happen someday in the distant future. They are trying to do this right under our noses, in the next couple of months! And nothing will stop them unless we do something about it!

"The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) draft risk assessment that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe for human and animal consumption does not give consumers the big picture when it comes to the impact of animal cloning, according to a critical issue report released by The Organic Center.




The 22-page report, "Is the FDA's Cloning Proposal Ready for Prime Time?," delves deeper into the technology background, safety and food quality issues, animal health effects, labeling and economic impact of what the FDA has proposed. One of the arguments made in the FDA assessment is that clones are "virtually indistinguishable" from normal progeny and therefore may enter the food supply.

"Virtually indistinguishable is not a scientific standard," says Jim Riddle, organic outreach coordinator at the University of Minnesota, and author of The Organic Center critical issue report on animal cloning. "The FDA report shows that subtle changes occur in the 4 to 7 percent of animals that survive the cloning process and appear to be similar to other animals. The public is not likely to accept similarity of appearance as the decisive food safety hurdle standing between animal clones and the American food supply."

The Center's critical issue report highlights the other side of the animal cloning debate that many consumers will not hear from FDA or biotech officials."

I ask you, can we really trust our government? Make your voice heard on the FDA's official website, while there's still time.

http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070130/0209170.html

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01541.html