Thursday, April 12, 2007

Certified Cloned

"One such bill, Senate Bill 63, by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, would require meat and milk produced from cloned animals to carry a label identifying it as having a cloned origin. The bill had its first committee hearing Wednesday. "Consumers want to know what they're feeding their children," Migden said. "We don't like the notion of fake food. We ought to know that our food is fresh and authentic. And we certainly don't want to wrestle with moral issues when we're grocery shopping."

Industry representatives oppose such labels, saying they would unnecessarily frighten consumers when studies have indicated food from cloned animals poses no added risk."


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