January 17, 2008
Based on the FDA’s decision to approve cloned meat, I wrote to my legislator’s today. I have moral reasons for opposing cloned meat, but this is the land of the free and if you choose to eat cloned meat go for it. However, I would like to be able to choose whether or not to eat cloned meat, so I wrote to my legislators asking them to support labeling laws for products that contain cloned animal ingredients (milk, etc.). I’ve written to my legislator’s previously about labeling for genetically modified food and sadly didn’t have their support and am not optimistic about their support in this arena either. That won’t stop me from emailing them, however.
It only strengthens my belief in buying food from local and/or reputable sources exclusively. I’m an extremely frugal gal, but no matter the price you won’t find me buying cloned meat or any meat from sources that I can’t verify.
Further infomation: The Center for Food Safety.
January 20, 2008 at 10:58 am
oh gosh, if people only knew how they clone meat, they wouldnt ever touch the stuff! That stuff is nasssty!
January 20, 2008 at 7:24 pm
This is exactly what drives me nuts - the “free” market ain’t free when you are not allowed to know the difference between products. Yet it’s the “free” market people who drive this insane bus.
January 25, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I also have morel issues about cloning and think labels should be mandatory.
The funny part of this to me (in the sad funny kind of way) is that it is impossible to actually replicate a living thing’s life. I saw how this guy spent $25,000 to clone Deborah his fine milking cow into three new “deborahs”. Now, correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn’t the three new deborahs have to have identical life experiences the same as their “mother”? I mean wouldn’t you have to clone the hay and grain fed to the new deborahs from the one their mother had. And further, wouldn’t the humans that tended the main deborah have to be cloned and raised identically to the point they met Main deborah…
It’s ridiculous to think that a clone of deborah would not be as good as a genetic offspring. Anyway, how much would milk from a 25,000 cow cost anyway?