EU exec proposes ban on animal cloning for food
The European Union announced plans on Tuesday to temporarily ban the use of animal cloning for food production, while allowing imports of food derived from the offspring of clones from the United States and elsewhere.
The report from the European Commission followed a call by EU lawmakers in July for a total ban on food derived from cloned animals and their traditionally bred offspring, citing ethical concerns over the industrial production of cloned meat.
European Parliament Seeks Ban on Foods From Cloned Animals
by James Kanter, New York Times July 7th, 2010
The European Parliament appealed on Wednesday for a ban on the sale of foods from cloned animals and their offspring, the latest sign of deepening concern in the European Union about the safety and ethics of new food technologies.
The chamber, meeting in Strasbourg, also called for a temporary suspension of the sale of food containing ingredients derived from nanotechnology, which involves engineering substances down to very small sizes.
Human tissue can be taken for human-animal embryo experiments without consent
by Laura Donnelly, The Telegraph (UK)
September 12th, 2009
New rules coming into force next month will give scientists working on stem cell research access to samples of blood and tissue collected by NHS hospitals during biopsies and treatments, as well as to giant "tissue banks" which built up stores of material before the legislation was introduced.
Ethics experts, patients' groups and churches described the change as "absolutely frightening" and liable to destroy trust among thousands who donate, whatever their views on the use of hybrid embryos for stem cell research.
CLONES' OFFSPRING MAY BE IN FOOD SUPPLY: FDA
SOURCE: Reuters, UK
AUTHOR: Christopher Doering
URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0231832820080902?feedType...
DATE: 02.09.2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the U.S. food supply, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, but it would be impossible to know because there is no difference between cloned and conventional products.
FOOD COMPANIES PLEDGE NOT TO USE CLONES
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal, USA
AUTHOR: Jane Zhang & Julie Jargon
URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122049659020697987.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
DATE: 04.09.2008
Twenty food companies have told a consumer group that they won't use milk or meat from cloned livestock.
The companies, including Smithfield Foods Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc., were responding to a survey conducted by the Center for Food Safety, a consumer group that opposes animal cloning.
