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Cloned animal products in the human food chain: FDA should protect American consumers.
- Source :
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Food and drug law journal [Food Drug Law J] 2009; Vol. 64 (3), pp. 473-501. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Animal cloning is "complex process that lets one exactly copy the genetic, or inherited, traits of an animal." In 1997, Dolly the sheep was the first animal cloned and since then "scientists have used animal cloning to breed dairy cows, beef cattle, poultry, hogs and other species of livestock." Cloned animals are highly attractive to livestock breeders because "cloning essentially produces an identical copy of an animal with superior traits." The main purpose of cloning livestock is "more focused on efficiency and economic benefits of the producer rather than the overall effect of cloning on an animal's physical and mental welfare." The focus of this article is threefold. First, the science behind animal cloning is explained and some potential uses and risks of this technology are explored. Second, FDA's historical evolution, current regulatory authority, and limitations of that authority, is described. Lastly, a new regulatory vision recognizes the realities of 21st century global markets and the dynamic evolution of scientific discovery and technology.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Cloning, Organism adverse effects
Cloning, Organism ethics
Cloning, Organism methods
Consumer Behavior
Epigenesis, Genetic
Food adverse effects
Food classification
Food Chain
Food Industry ethics
Food Supply classification
Food Supply ethics
Government Regulation history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Risk Assessment
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration history
United States Food and Drug Administration legislation & jurisprudence
Animals, Genetically Modified
Cloning, Organism legislation & jurisprudence
Consumer Product Safety legislation & jurisprudence
Food Industry legislation & jurisprudence
Food Labeling legislation & jurisprudence
Food Supply legislation & jurisprudence
Legislation, Food
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1064-590X
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Food and drug law journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19999640