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Statement from Mark Walton, ViaGen President on FDA Final Risk Assessment on Food from Cloned Animals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 2008
Statement from Mark Walton, ViaGen President on FDA Final Risk Assessment on Food from Cloned Animals
Austin, TX -“ViaGen applauds the release of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rigorous scientific analysis of the safety of food from cloned animals and their offspring.
FDA’s determination that meat and milk from animal clones is safe to eat concludes the most extensive food safety review in FDA’s history, and complements two earlier reports from the National Academy of Sciences that reached the same conclusion.
“Cloning companies will continue to work out an orderly marketing transition with the food industry and relevant government agencies – including FDA and USDA – as we move toward commercialization.
“The number of cloned animals in the barnyard today is miniscule compared to the size of the total livestock population. In addition, clones are to be used as breeding animals, not for consumption. Because of a supply chain management system that allows tracking of cloned livestock, consumers are unlikely to ever eat these animals.”
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