I was troubled last week to hear on CNN that the FDA was in the process of, after conducting a " peer review " by the beef industry itself, going forward with a legislation that would allow for the use of cloned animal products to be sold for public consumtion without labeling to this effect. I went on the web and found this quote in a CNN artical : " "Based on FDA's analysis of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and other studies on the health and food composition of clones and their offspring, the draft risk assessment has determined that meat and milk from clones and their offspring are as safe as food we eat every day," said Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's center for veterinary medicine, in a statement. " and then I read this: " A federal bill to require labels on food from cloned animals and their descendents has been stalled in Democratic-controlled congressional committees since February. A similar bill by state Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, passed the Legislature last month, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently refused to sign it....The FDA wants people to share their feedback on the idea of cloning before any big decision is made. They are giving consumers until April second to let their voices be heard." So the FDA made this statement requesting American feedback in February of 2007, and stopped taking feedback on April 2nd 2007. As far as I can gather the story wasn't aired on television untill Jan 2008.

In fact when I went to the FDA website I found this : "Guidance for Industry Use of Edible Products from Animal Clones or their Progeny for Human Food or Animal Feed. Comments may also be submitted electronically on the Internet at www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments. All written comments should be identified with Docket No. 2003N-0573." On going to the docket link I read " No Dockets are currently available."

I am currently trying to locate any local protest groups apposing the cloning of animal products. Anyone reading this with information for me please educate me further.

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