The EU is investigating possibly selling cloned meat. If it reckons this is safe, the food might enter European supermarkets unlabelled. Just like is bound to happen in the US.
I have started a thorough investigation into the background of cloned meat and written off to the various public bodies involved.
A link to my research: http://blog.reportwitters.com/...
"When the issue of cloned meat first made the public agenda as ‘warranting regulatory attention’ with the birth of the first calf of a cloned cow Dundee Paradise, officials’ first reactions were that commercial cloning would likely not become a viable option and they simply reiterated the incumbent rules. Yet the EU’s food safety watchdog is putting up a regulatory framework just in case.
Some observers warn that with the passage of time, the regulatory action could turn out to be the anticipation of real commercial cloning practices. If other countries decide to market the meat in the EU, regulatory framework needs to be in place, so the logic goes. Countries like the US and Australia where there is a lot of interest in cloning, show that commercial companies are overly keen to buy a cloning license. US company ViaGen, a commercial cloning outfit which is nearly profitable, says the prospects for achieving cost savings by commercially cloned meat are very good.
If the EU decides to follow the US Food and Drug Administration and allow cloned meat to enter supermarkets unlabelled, it is likely that consumer opposition will be particularly strong in the UK. This country’s strong anti GMO food lobby dates back to the 1990s, when there was no GM labelling legislation. When companies started to use GMO ingredients in their foods, consumers demanded labelling vehemently. "Now no supermarket or food company in the UK manufactures food using GM ingredients simply because consumers refused to buy it", says Claire Oxborrow, Food Campaigner with Friends of the Earth in the UK. The consumer action also helped formulate EU-wide GM labelling laws, which enable consumers to continue to avoid GM ingredients."
I intend to write a series of articles about this subject. The above quote is part of one story I published: (http://reportwitters.com/article/show/24)
(http://www.globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=3464&cid=3&sid=7)
For future articles, I would like to include comments from you:
What do you think about cloned meat. Would you eat it?
What if you do not get a choice?