Cloned Beef Has Already Entered U.S. Food Supply, Even Before FDA Nod

[DogPoundPup]

The major cattle cloning companies in the United States have admitted that they have not bothered to try and keep meat from the offspring of clones out of the U.S. food supply, in spite of a request by the FDA several years ago.

"This is a fairy tale that this technology is not being used and is not already in the food chain," said Donald Coover, who owns a specialty cattle semen business. "Anyone who tells you otherwise either doesn't know what they're talking about, or they're not being honest."

Coover admitted that for several years, he has been openly selling semen from cloned bulls. He is sure, he added, that others are doing the same.

The revelation came as the FDA approved cloned beef as safe for human consumption but the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asked farmers to keep it out of the food supply anyway.

The USDA's primary concern is that if cloned beef enters the U.S. food supply, other countries might refuse to purchase beef from the United States. Similar problems have emerged in the past with genetically modified U.S. crops being rejected, particularly in Europe but also in parts of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Insiders from agencies such as the USDA and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative noted that a product that no other country wants to buy might do the United States more harm than good.
http://www.naturalnews.com/023718.html

[amitten]

1. I still don't understand the cloning thing. What's the benefit to

the cattle companies using this technique?

[DogPoundPup]

2. None ... here is a Nat'l Geographic link explaining the downsides

http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/119/clone

[soothsayer]

4. let's say you have a great bull that makes nice small calves that grow

into nice meaty steers---you might wish you had more of him. And now you can!

[KT2000]

3. The business plan devised by

Andersen (remember them) for genetically engineered products called for flooding the market with the products BEFORE the population was even aware of them. This way, the regulation of them would cause economic harm to the corporations that made them, making it harder to stop any of it.

Looks like they are following Andersen's plan for cloned meat as well.