Britain's FSA Declares Cloned Meat, Milk Safe

Britain's FSA Declares Cloned Meat, Milk Safe | Before It's News: "London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) - An independent study by the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes found that there was no difference between regularly raised and cloned cattle. The finding, announced Thursday by Britain's Food Standards Agency, may pave the way for cloned meat and milk to be sold soon in British shops.

The think tank's assessment includes possible allergies, toxins and side effects of ingesting cloned meat. The finding covered as well meat and milk from offspring of cloned animals.

The FSA will discuss the study at a board meeting in December. The agency commissioned the study following an incident in summer when it was discovered that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow was unwittingly sold in butchers' stores in Britain.

The U.S Food and Drug Administration declared in 2008 after a five-year study that cloned meat and milk were similar to meat and dairy products from animals raised traditionally. As a result of the FDA declaration, food sourced from cloned animals is legal to sell in the U.S.

There is, however, a recent European Commission proposal to ban cloned meat and milk in the bloc."