CLONES have been in the news again, but this time the question was whether people should eat them. A draft report released by the US Food and Drug Administration on 31 October concluded that meat and milk from animal clones is likely to be safe to eat. But it will be at least a year before the agency finally decides whether or not to approve food products from cloned animals.
“The current weight of evidence suggests that there are no biological reasons, either based on underlying scientific assumptions or empirical studies, to indicate that consumption of edible products from clones of cattle, pigs, sheep or goats…
