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Cloned cow offspring sold for meat

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Meat from the offspring of a cloned cow entered the food chain last year and was eaten, the Food Standards Agency has said. Skip related content

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Enlarge photo .Experts said two bulls born in the UK from embryos harvested from a cloned cow had been slaughtered, one of which "will have been eaten" while the other was stopped from entering the food chain.



The revelation came amid an FSA probe into whether any matter from cows born of a clone have been used in food production.



Under European law foodstuffs, including milk, produced from cloned animals must pass a safety evaluation and gain authorisation before they are marketed.



But the FSA, the UK body responsible for the assessment of "novel foods" produced by cloned animals and their offspring, said it had neither made any authorisations nor been asked to do so.



The FSA said it had traced a single animal, Dundee Paradise, believed to be part of a dairy herd, but could not confirm that milk from the animal had entered the food chain.



It added that as part of the investigation it had identified two bulls born in the UK from embryos harvested from a cloned cow in the US - both of which had been slaughtered.



A spokeswoman said: "The first, Dundee Paratrooper, was born in December 2006 and was slaughtered in July 2009. Meat from this animal entered the food chain and will have been eaten. The second, Dundee Perfect, was born in March 2007 and was slaughtered on July 27 2010. Meat from this animal has been stopped from entering the food chain.



"The agency is continuing its work on tracing the offspring of clones claimed to produce milk for the UK dairy industry. We have traced a single animal, Dundee Paradise, which is believed to be part of a dairy herd but at present we cannot confirm that milk from this animal has entered the food chain. As part of this investigation local authority officials are visiting the farm on which this herd is kept."



In relation to cloned animal food safety, the European Food Safety Authority issued an opinion in 2008 which stated that: "No clear evidence has emerged to suggest any differences between food products from clones or their offspring, in terms of food safety, compared to products from conventionally bred animals. But we must acknowledge that the evidence base, while growing and showing consistent findings, is still small."



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suppose they have done this in fishfarming too ?



Also the sheep clone dolly the sheep died prematurely ... Bahhhrr and nobody knows how dangerous and cruel this is