Cloned Animals in the Food Supply

Posted by Samantha Rufle Jan 16, 2008

Putting cloned animals in the food supply raises tons of red flags for me. As a nutritionist and ethicly. There are several things that make me very uncomfortable.

• No labeling requirements. So you will not know if you are eating cloned or the product of cloned meat.
• Cloned animals do not live as long as their noncloned counterparts. Does this mean there is something wrong that we are not seeing?
• The study of cloning animals started only seven years ago, which hardly is enough time to deem this practice safe.

This is enough to turn me into a strict vegetarian. Think about all the other things that the FDA has deems "safe" and was and is far from safe. Lets see- Aspartame, trans fats (touted in the 70's as a health food), nitrates, and the list goes on. My advice is to run do not walk away from the meat counter and pick yourself up some tofu!