Surrounded by ethical, religious, health and many other concerns, the
fact that cloned animals might enter the food production is very a very real
one. According to the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), "Meat and milk
from cattle clones and their offspring are as safe as that from
conventionally bred animals," However, the Humane Society of the United
States and other advocacy groups have filed a petition for a moratorium with
the FDA.
Cloning supporters assert that the quality of meat will be better, but the
International Dairy Foods Association (representing Kraft Foods, Dannon,
Nestlé USA and others) opposes the idea of marketing the milk of cloned
animals out of fear that it could harm milk’s image of wholesomeness.
Interestingly, the FDA says that they might not require the labeling of such
products as cloned since it would be very hard to keep track of them. In
fact, it seems that the offspring of cloned farmed animals have already been
slaughtered and eaten.
Unfortunately, scientific advances not always mean good news for God’s
creation. The God-given rights of animals should not be ignored and their
manipulation for human pleasure (in this case taste) shouldn’t take place.
While the demand for animal products exists, there will be no peace between
them and humans, and our lack of compassion will always result in their
suffering, human sickness and negative environmental consequences.