FDA Report Concludes Animal Clones Are Safe To Eat

The FDA is expected to release the "Final Risk Assessment" report concluding that healthy cloned animals and their offspring are safe as food. There has not been evidence that has suggested that meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and goats are unsafe to humans.

Innumerable studies showed no safety hazards in processed meat from clones, in addition to similar nutrient levels and animal behavior.

The FDA considered two main issues: Are the animals themselves healthy, and are the products nutritionally indistinguishable from those produced by non-cloned animals?

The FDA will be collaborating with scientific organizations, including the International Embryo Transfer Society. A database will be developed to track the health of cloned animals and to create a manual of animal care standards for clones.

It will likely be several years before food from cloned animals and/or their offspring hit consumer shelves. As of right now, most consumers are concerned about food from clones. The studies may change the minds of consumers, but if they don't, it is still very unlikely that cloned foods will be labeled as such.