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[SANET-MG] FDA is about to to be declared safe or something?



Earlier today I circulated the Financial Times article, however, when I checked the FDA website I found the rather unlike statement from FDA! It staggers the mind to think that the public turns to the Financial Times for direction on investments.
June 22, 2005
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The Financial Times was cited as reporting
Wednesday on its website that meat and milk from cloned farm animals is
about to be declared safe for human consumption by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration.
The paper quoted FDA officials as saying they have concluded after a
four-year assessment process that cloned animals and their progeny would
be as safe to eat as conventionally bred animals and that cloning is
acceptable from the viewpoint of animal welfare.
The FDA assessment analyzed the biochemical composition of meat and milk
from cloned animals and their offspring and found it was the same as
that from conventional animals, it said.


FDA Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement
June 22, 2005
 Media Inquiries:
Suzanne Luber, 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
Statement from FDA on the Safety of Animal Cloning in the Food Supply
"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been reviewing an ongoing study on the safety of animal clones and their offspring in the human food supply, but it is premature to discuss our findings or to make any final determinations due to the complexity of the issue," said Dr. Norris Alderson, FDA Associate Commissioner for Science.

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