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January 15, 2008

You can eat cloned meat

Meat and milk from cloned animals is as safe as that from their counterparts bred the old-fashioned way, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday — but sales still won't begin right away.

The decision removes the last big U.S. regulatory hurdle to marketing products from cloned livestock, and puts the FDA in concert with recent safety assessments from European food regulators and several other nations.

"Meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones are as safe as food we eat every day," said Dr. Stephen Sundloff, FDA's food safety chief.

I did jump the gun a bit on my introduction.  The problem with cloned meat is it is too expensive and is perceived by most as undesirable.  The marketing challenge is fairly significant:  a similar product that is more expensive which people don't want.

Posted by Vital at January 15, 2008 1:48 PM