USDA to rule on food from cloned animals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could issue a final ruling as early as next week that meat and milk from cloned animals poses no special risks to consumers. After more than six years of wrestling with the question of whether meat and milk from them are safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to declare as early as next week that they are.

A favorable ruling would open the way for producers to expand the technology and bring an end to the voluntary ban on marketing food made from cloned animals or their offspring.

Consumers are still highly skeptical about cloned foods in the food system and will move slowly to include these food products in their grocery carts.

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