Cloned Beef Has Now Entered The Food Supply

August 9, 2010 RSB Staff Animals, biotechnology, British Government, bull, clone, Consumers, cow, embryos, fda, food chain, food regulation guidelines, food supply, FSA, law, meat, milk, novel, origin, safety, U.K. Food Standards Agency, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) recently announced that the meat from a cloned cow has made its way into the food supply. According to a recent BBC report, a U.K. farmer purchased cloned bull embryos from the U.S., bred the animals and sold one of them as food back in July 2009.

The report states that Steven Innes, the farmer who purchased the cloned embryos and sold the cloned meat, did so in full accordance with the law.