EU agency gives guarded 'ok' to cloned meat

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Meat and milk from cloned animals or their offspring are as safe to eat as products from conventionally bred animals, the European Union's food safety watchdog has said. The body has admitted, however, that the base of evidence - while showing consistent findings - is still limited.

Science normally does not give this kind of reply: [a definitive] 'Yes' or 'No'. The reply we can give confidently is that it is unlikely that there might be a problem," Professor Silano said, although recommending "additional research" in order to increase the data basis for any conclusion.

But there is "no evidence that there is any carry-over to the next generation", Professor Dan Collins, a member of EFSA's scientific committee, told the EUobserver