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EU Parliament opposes food from cloned animals
2010-10-20
(KUNA) -- The European Parliament (EP) has reeiterated its commitment to prevent the sale of meat and milk from cloned animals in the EU, the EP said in a statement Tuesday.

The announcement came following talks with the EU Council and the European Commission and the Commission's publication of a new report on cloning.
The EU has a Parliament .. Council .. and Commission. I think right there you have everything's that wrong with the way Europe is set up these days ...
The EP and the Council are set to enter into conciliation negotiations to try and find an agreement on proposed updates to "novel foods" rules. The major stumbling blocks relate to food from cloned animals.

Gianni Pittella, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Chair of Parliament's delegation for conciliation negotiations on the novel foods regulation, welcomed the fact that the EU Parliament, Council and the Commission are committed to cooperating and resolving the current legal uncertainty on food from cloned animals.

"MEPs support the introduction of a moratorium - as soon as possible - to guarantee consumer protection in this sector. Parliament is also determined to ensure proper safety checks and labelling for foods produced with the aid of nanotechnology" added Pittella.
Posted by:Fred

#6  I love Dom Delouise, but methinks for this Artic would had chosen a good photo of CAPT. NEMO, BIO/GENETIC ENGINEER, SCIENTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, from 1960's "MYSTERIOUS ISLAND" Movie.

IMO BEES are suffering mass die-offs due to IMPROPER CROSS-BREEDING METHODS [genetic security, Albino-ism] + CHEMICAL STIMULATIONS, as also complemented by RUSH TO MASS PRODUCTION.
IMO again, the same will occur to CLONED, HOOFED ANIMALS unless more care is taken. WE HUMANS MAY BE [unintentionally?] ALTERING THE NATURAL GENETIC SECURITY OF VITAL BIOTIC SPECIAS FOR THE SAKE OF CHEAP + EFFICIENT CONSUMER MASS CONSUMPTION. We may be endangering our own future survival as Humans by endangering the genetic ability of Human preferred Plant, Animal Species to resist natural disease + environmental change.

PEAK FOOD, etc. = includes PEAK GENES???

WON'T IT BE FUNNY IFF JAPAN DEV. GODZILLA TO SAVE JAPAN FROM TOKYO???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-10-20 21:47  

#5  I Know! We can run that Evil Meat through a high-strength bath of hydrochloric acid...
Posted by: mojo   2010-10-20 13:17  

#4  Soylent Green is people!
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-10-20 09:24  

#3  Hmmm, that could be either good or bad.
Good, faster growth and shorter time to market.
Bad, ages before growing larger.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-10-20 04:43  

#2  In yesterday's Daily Mail it reports the exact opposite.

"EU to back sale of meat and milk from cloned animal offspring"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1321550/EU-sale-meat-milk-cloned-animal-offspring.html#ixzz12wONwasi

Cloned animals are different in some ways, as they age faster than their "original". Dolly the first cloned sheep aged so quickly that it sparked research into cell division and the causes of the aging process.
Posted by: Incredulous   2010-10-20 03:43  

#1  The only problem I can foresee with Cloned animals is that essentially they're twins and would all be susceptible to exactly the same diseases.
Otherwise they would be nothing wrong with raising and eating them, they would obviously be selected for desirable qualities, such as higher Meat to feed ratio, etc.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-10-20 03:06  

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