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2007-03-23 | permalink
FDA ’cherry picked’ evidence to push cloned-animal foods
A watchdog group is challenging the US government’s stance on food from cloned animals, accusing regulators of downplaying evidence of health risks in order to serve industry interests. A report released yesterday by the Center for Food Safety, a research and advocacy organization that supports a federal ban on cloning livestock, says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has selectively applied the research tying cloning to genetic abnormalities.
- The New Standard, USA: FDA ’cherry picked’ evidence to push cloned-animal foods
- The Center for Food Safety, USA: New CFS report says FDA plan to approve sale of food from animal clones is based on wishful thinking, not science
- Chicago Defender, USA: Milk from cloned cows may soon appear in a dairy case near you
- The Gazette, Canada: Cost to label genetic food is overblown
- Scientific American, USA: The beef with cloned meat
- The Ecologist, UK: Dolly’s long goodbye
- Contra Costa Times, USA: Wary consumers eye meat, milk from cloned animals
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2007-03-23 | permalink
FDA ’cherry picked’ evidence to push cloned-animal foods
A watchdog group is challenging the US government’s stance on food from cloned animals, accusing regulators of downplaying evidence of health risks in order to serve industry interests. A report released yesterday by the Center for Food Safety, a research and advocacy organization that supports a federal ban on cloning livestock, says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has selectively applied the research tying cloning to genetic abnormalities.
- The New Standard, USA: FDA ’cherry picked’ evidence to push cloned-animal foods
- The Center for Food Safety, USA: New CFS report says FDA plan to approve sale of food from animal clones is based on wishful thinking, not science
- Chicago Defender, USA: Milk from cloned cows may soon appear in a dairy case near you
- The Gazette, Canada: Cost to label genetic food is overblown
- Scientific American, USA: The beef with cloned meat
- The Ecologist, UK: Dolly’s long goodbye
- Contra Costa Times, USA: Wary consumers eye meat, milk from cloned animals
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