On January 11, FDA allowed meat and milk to be produced from cloned animals and distributed to consumers all over the country. However, the media strongly believes that cloned food products won't be a major product since a cloned cow costs about 20,000 dollars. The FDA has allowed meat and milk from most cloned animals because it poses no risk in comparison to naturally derived animal's meat and milk. The purpose of using cloned animals is to improve the overall value of a given herd by creating genetic copies of donor animals, resulting in a herd that produces higher-quality milk and meat. At this point, in the USA, there are only 600 cloned animals. Experts believe that it will be years before companies start selling cloned animal's meat and milk. Many citizens insist that the FDA has rushed into this decision.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/15/fda.cloning/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/15/fda.cloning/index.html
