FDA to declare safe meat and milk from clone animals

[nicholasstanko]

Well, nothing is 100% safe. But I fail to see why cloned meat should be any less safe than meat harvested the traditional way. The only real difference is in the means of conception. One difference of not is the apparent shortening of the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, but it is not believed that these have any other effect than to possibly reduce longevity - natural telomere shortening seems to occur along with aging.

The method most widely employed for cattle, pigs, sheep and other large food animals in the US involves driving a short spike into the brain at a high velocity. This kills almost instantaneously. It is highly likely that the animal is dead before it can even feel anything. Despite its gruesome appearance, it's really about as humane as its possible to be.

True. I didnt know about the spike to the brain thing, but i really meant the way they are forced to live before death. Teeny tiny cages with no room to move. Imagine, it's almost as if it didnt matter whether or not they were born paralysed.

Also think about when an infection breaks out in say a chicken farm. Loads and loads of chicks and animals are just thrown into garbage bags alive and sent off to the incinerator or whatever they use to dispose of the bodies.

Not arguing, just expressing my thoughts on what i mean by inhumane treatment.

nicholasstanko Reviewed by nicholasstanko on 06-23-2005. FDA to declare safe meat and milk from clone animals wow, this can only do harm... FDA to declare safe meat and milk from clone animals Financial Times | June 22, 2005 By Clive Cookson Meat and milk from cloned farm animals is about to be declared safe for human consumption by the US Food and Drug Administration, one of the world's most powerful regulatory bodies. A favourable risk assessment from the FDA is expected to start the commercial exploitation of cloning to improve livestock quality around the world. Rating: 5