27 January 2007

The ethics of cheese

The US Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve the use of cloned livestock to produce meat and other products for the American marketplace. Their thinking has been critically influenced by scientists in the pay of the cloning industry and there has been little or no consideration of animal welfare or other ethical issues.

Questions are being raised as to whether the FDA has shifted from its responsibility to regulate to active promotion. Read the extract of the paper at the link, which has gone to the FDA, and think about contacting your Senator and / or Representative.

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