…and no special labeling is necessary to distinguish these products from each other. The FDA has been reviewing the possibilities of allowing American consumption of cloned foods for more than five years. Biotech companies, growing weary as they run out of cash waiting for the “Foot Dragging Administration”, seem to have won the battle. But will consumers “just buy it”? Root thinks not. In a poll earlier this year by the International Food Information Council, 63% of consumers declared that they would not willingly buy meat, milk and eggs that come from clones even if the FDA declared them “safe”. And are we safe? According to a written statement by FDA spokesman Stephen F. Sundlof, chief of veterinary medicine at the agency to the Washington Post, the agency has heard rumors of clone progeny moving into the food supply, but was “not aware of any proof”. For now, farmers and cloning companies are abiding by a voluntary ban on meat and milk from clones. The FDA says an informal ban remains until its decision is final. Root encourages all consumers to question these processess, and demand the labeling of all foods coming from humanly altered sources. Photo credit of Elvis the cloned calf by Carol Guzy of The Washington Post.

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