Not all consumers share the same attitudes toward animal cloning, but the latest research from Professor Sean Fox of Kansas State University, a professor of agricultural economics, shows that Americans may be more accepting of consuming cloned animal products than Europeans. Researching attitudes to food safety, Fox and colleague Shonda Anderson surveyed attitudes to buying and eating meat and other products from cloned animals among undergraduates at Kansas University studying agriculture, English... ...Read more »

The UK’s Food Standards Agency said yesterday it would investigate reports that milk from the offspring of a cloned cow has gone on sale in the country. An anonymous UK farmer told the International Herald Tribune he was producing milk from a cow bred from a clone as part of his daily milk output. The farmer requested anonymity for fear of buyers no longer taking his milk, the newspaper said. The EU said two years ago that there was “no clear evidence” of any difference in safety... ...Read more »

People remain cautious about the emergence of new food technologies according to a review of existing research, published by the UK’s Food Standards Agency.The report, which looks at research since 1999, brings together knowledge from the UK and beyond, on public opinion about up-and-coming food technologies, such as nanotechnologies and cloning. According to the research, GM and animal cloning remain the areas of most concern for people. However, the review also showed that food technologies... ...Read more »

The Center for Food Safety and Friends of the Earth has announced that 20 of America’s leading food producers and retailers have stated that they will not use cloned animals in their food. The companies include Kraft Foods; General Mills; Gerber/Nestle; Campbell Soup Company; Gossner Foods; Smithfield Foods; Ben & Jerry’s; Amy’s Kitchen; California Pizza Kitchen restaurants; Hain Celestial; Cloverland, Oberweis, Prairie, Byrne, Plainview, and Clover-Stornetta Dairies; and grocers... ...Read more »

EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) has today published its final scientific opinion on the implications of animal cloning on food safety, animal health and welfare and the environment. EFSA’s opinion follows a request from the European Commission (EC) to EFSA for advice on this issue in February 2007 and public consultation on a draft opinion earlier this year. Prof. Vittorio Silano, chair of EFSA’s Scientific Committee, indicated that food safety issues did not apear prevalent. “It... ...Read more »