In 2008, the FDA approved the sale of cloned animal products and their offspring, making the move from the lab to the grocery store, despite great opposition from the general American public. They decided that these products don't need labels either, which shows just another way that the FDA is hiding the truth of the food industry from the American public. Many animal welfare groups and consumer advocacy groups, as well as Congress and the dairy industry, greatly opposed this move by the FDA. You may ask, why was there such great opposition? Well, first of all, there is a huge health risk in animal cloning products, both for their animals and the consumers. Animal cloning causes severe animal suffering, much to the chagrin of various animal welfare groups. Another issue is that the American public in general does not want these products on grocery store shelves. Many have moral and ethical issues with it; they think that it is not natural and is against God's plan for animals. 90% of American adults want the government to look into these ethical issues and make them known to the public before these products are sold.
So there are obviously issues with animal cloning in the industry. We will have to see how the government handles these issues, or if they ever do...
For more information on the fight against animal cloning, visit the website below:
http://www.endanimalcloning.org/index.shtml
-Kate
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