Are we drinking ‘Cloned Milk’?
The traceablilty of cloned meat and milk will become increasingly difficult unless the government does something to regulate it.
The Soil Association comments that there are many as yet unanswered questions on cloning animals - both ethical and practical - and insufficient regulation around their production and use. Not only does cloning have a negative impact on animal welfare, we also have no long-term evidence for the impacts on health - both as consumers of meat and dairy products and on the health outcomes for the animals themselves. If cloned animals are entering the food chain without consumers being made aware of it then as things stand this is a triple whammy failure of labelling, welfare and health.
The Soil Association has also hit out at the cloning of farm animals which it describes as “cruel” and a “serious threat to genetic diversity within agriculture.
The Soil Association has also hit out at the cloning of farm animals which it describes as “cruel” and a “serious threat to genetic diversity within agriculture.
