Look for milk and meat from cloned livestock on grocery shelves by next year, says The Washington Post.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently issued a report that supported using cloned adult animals as a regular element of the nation's agricultural production process.
A member of the NAS panel that made recommendations on the use of cloned cows and pigs, Eric Hallerman, biologist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University said, "I think our message was fairly loud and clear. The concern about food safety, we thought, was just way overblown."
According to the Post piece, clone cows are already producing milk on farms in the United States. Farmers and dairy companies and meat processors have not begun selling product from cloned animals at the request of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Moderator's Comment: Will consumers accept milk and meat from cloned animals?
Look for a consumer group movement to require labeling of product from cloned animals, should the FDA approve its use. The fight over this will make the bST debate look like playtime. [George Anderson - Moderator]