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Jan. 26, 2008 A Washington Post report by Rick Weiss: “USDA: Keep cloned animals off market” tells of overlapping announcements from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The FDA says cloned animal products are safe to use and eat. The USDA wants “…farmers to keep their cloned animals off the market indefinitely…” until they can add their blessing as to the safety issue. The USDA is concerned about “the emotional nature of the issue” and its impact on “ U.S. markets and trade relations”. Annual surveys of 1000 people since 2004 show a trend of distrust. More than 50 percent of survey respondents gave an “unfavorable impression” rating to cloned products. The “FDA’s Center for Food safety and Applied Nutrition” had this issue under review and investigation for 6 years. In a “986 page “final risk analysis” the FDA’s conclusion was that products from cloned animals are just as healthy and safe as products from other natural beasts. Six years of investigation! There are people starving in the world and here is the FDA telling us we have a valuable food source that can alleviate some of this worldwide hunger and the USDA is concerned about trade relations. The test is in the distribution. Some of this distribution has already occurred. Rick Weiss reports: “Executives from the nation’s major cattle cloning companies conceded…that they have not been able to keep track of how many offspring of clones have entered the food chain despite a years-old request by the FDA to keep them off the market pending completion of the agency’s safety report.” Other farmers have come forward to report their businesses have added cloned products to the food chain despite the FDA’s request. It is a matter of business and keeping farms productive. Six years of testing with a favorable conclusion should account for something. The possibility that the steak I had last week was a cloned porterhouse is a moot point. It was delicious and I’ll probably get the rib eye next week. Farmers who know cattle, goats, sheep and milk production should not have to wait another two years until some USDA bureaucrat needing to justify his overblown government position blesses off on products already tested for six years. Other countries are permitting the production and sale of items from cloned animals. Any additional wait for American farmers may cut them out entirely from markets ready for such products. It is time to let the market speak on this issue. ------------ About the Author: Michael John McCrae has contributed over 700 articles to Useless-Knowledge.com. Email: macswordV@hotmail.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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