FDA poised to OK food from cloned animals

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

GOOD THING BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF COWS.

Seriously, WTF.

The thread really should have just stopped after this post.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

The thread really should have just stopped after this post.

Yeah, I seem to remember another organic foods thread that turned into a trainwreck, with people going off on tangents. I'm not sure of the exact thread though.

[Drolefille]

The whole FDA issue boils down to numbers. For the vast majority of foods, the FDA does good things. They're very quick to stamp down on actual dangers such as the e. coli outbreaks and they do study potential dangers of hormones, genetic engineering, etc.

They have a very very good average. At least 99% I'd estimate. Issues like genetically modified food and cloning, etc. become little more than scare-mongering and attention-whoring, particularly when there is no evidence that they're dangerous. They just sound scary.

[blueangel]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Issues like genetically modified food and cloning, etc. become little more than scare-mongering and attention-whoring, particularly when there is no evidence that they're dangerous. They just sound scary.

In your opinion. And if that's your opinion, that's fine. But it's not my opinion, nor is it many other people's opinion.. which brings us to the crux of the matter. LABELING. The FDA is not requiring labeling.. so they have taken away our choice as to whether we want to risk exposing our bodies to eating cloned animals or not. I do not. I want disclosure.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by blueangel

In your opinion. And if that's your opinion, that's fine. But it's not my opinion, nor is it many other people's opinion.. which brings us to the crux of the matter. LABELING. The FDA is not requiring labeling.. so they have taken away our choice as to whether we want to risk exposing our bodies to eating cloned animals or not. I do not. I want disclosure.

I think it's too early to tell whether the FDA will ever require labeling. This issue clearly is a new one and initial article says the decision on labeling is "pending". So I'd wait and hear the decision before getting my panties all in a bunch over something that hasn't even happened yet. Even if the FDA decides against labeling, the industry can also be self regulating in that sense by choosing to label items as "clone-free". It wouldn't be the same thing, but if your reaction is any barometer of what the general U.S. population will have, I imagine most companies will be clamoring to be "clone-free". Just my opinion though.