EFSA review reconfirms no safety concerns over food from cloned animals
date:Jul 07, 2012
The report applies particularly to milk and meat from cattle and pigs. Limited data exists still on other animal species.

But the regions leading food safety body recognised that animal health and welfare concerns persist with the use of the technology, which had advanced slightly but not enough to realise significant improvements in cloned animal mortality rates.

Third assessment in four years

The present statement, follows earlier assessments in 2009 and 2010, and was based on a review of
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