WE WANT REAL FOOD!

In December 2006, the FDA, an organization that’s responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health” announced that meat and milk from cloned livestock are safe for human to consume.

There action had brought to many people’s concern regarding the risks behind cloned foods, and ethical concerns of the animals. FDA also stated that it is not required to label cloned food, so consumer should be aware that from now on, we will not know whether we are consuming experimental foods and will not be able to avoid it.

“Numerous opinion polls show that the majority of Americans do not want food from animal clones and are opposed to cloning on moral or ethical grounds.“ There were also studies on the risks of cloned foods; however, no long-term food safety studies have been done. Statistics shows that over 90% of cloning attempts to fail, and the cloned animals tend to have more health problems and higher mortality rates than sexually reproduced animals.”There wasn’t enough studies done to be sure that cloned livestock are safe to eat, and the worst is that it is harder for us to avoid cloned food. To ensure our safety, and if interested, please take actions by sending a letter regarding this issue to FDA.

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