ALERT! FDA Approves Food from Clonesþ

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FDA Approves Food from Clonesþ

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FDA Approves Sale of Meat and Milk from Cloned Animals -

But There's Still a Chance to Act!

Washington, DC, January 15, 2008 - Today the Food and Drug

Administration announced its determination that milk and meat from

cloned animals are safe for sale to the public. In addition, the FDA

is requiring no tracking system for clones or labeling of products

produced from clones or their offspring. This action comes at a time

when the U.S. Senate has voted twice to delay FDA's decision on

cloned animals until additional safety and economic studies can be

completed by the National Academy of Sciences and the United States

Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Sign the Center for Food Safety's " Clone-Free Pledge " ,

and let food companies know you won't buy food from clones!

Citizens for Health joins with the Center for Food Safety and dozens

of other food industry, consumer, and animal welfare groups in

blasting this decision as insensitive as well as irresponsible, since

it flies in the face of opinion polls showing that the majority of

Americans do not want milk or meat from cloned animals in their

food. A December 2006 poll by the Pew Initiative on Food and

Biotechnology found that nearly two-thirds of U.S. consumers were

uncomfortable with animal cloning. A national survey conducted this

year by Consumers Union found that 89 percent of Americans want to

see cloned foods labeled, while 69 percent said that they have

concerns about cloned meat and dairy products in the food supply. A

recent Gallup Poll reported that more than 60 percent of Americans

believe that it is immoral to clone animals, while the Pew Initiative

on Food and Biotechnology found that a similar percentage say that,

despite FDA approval, they won't buy milk from cloned animals.

As a Citizens for Health member, you know we are committed to

defending your right to the information you need to make your own

health and wellness choices. That is why we are particularly

disappointed that the FDA also failed to require labeling of food

from clones, effectively preventing consumers from making educated

decisions about what they put into their bodies.

In response to FDA's pending approval, US Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-

MD) has introduced Senate Bill S.414, the Cloned Food Labeling Act,

and U.S. House Representative DeLauro (D-CT) introduced an

identical bill, H.R. 992, in the House just a few weeks later.

Protect Your Right to Know -

Send an email in support of labeling food from clones!

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