EU to ban meat from cloned animals
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The European Commission said yesterday it would ban meat from cloned animals but stopped short of imposing restrictions on produce from the offspring of such animals, a potentially sensitive issue in EU-US free trade talks.
Introducing the planned rules, European Union Health Commissioner Tonio Borg said the use of cloning for farm animals and the import of cloned animals will be banned in the 28-member bloc.
He added that the marketing of food from cloned animals would also be prohibited.
“These proposals intend to address animal welfare and other ethical concerns related to the use of the technique,” the commission said.
However, “there is no proposal on labeling” any produce arising from the offspring of cloned animals, be it milk or meat, said Borg.
The only country cloning animals as a food source within the EU is Denmark.
While cloned meat is not eaten due to high price, the embryos and semen of such animals are exported and widely used.
The US, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are countries that farm the offspring of cloned animals.
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