Cloned Meat Could Soon Be for Dinner

With meat and milk from cloned animals expected to be allowed into the U.S. food supply in a matter of months, and their offspring already permitted, consumers have two choices.

They can ignore the controversy and chow down with abandon, or they can quiz each of their grocery stores, restaurants and dinner hosts about their policy on using food developed with cloning.

That's because, unless Congress intervenes, regulators have decided that the products require no special labeling.

Last month, after years of debate, the Food and Drug Administration declared that meat and milk from most cloned livestock, and from their conventionally reproduced offspring, are as safe to eat as food from any other animals.

Wary of consumer backlash, some large grocers and restaurant operators say they plan to shun such products — whether from clones or their offspring — and will make sure their suppliers help them keep that vow.

Read the full Dallas Morning News story here.