The FDA has recently approved the cloning of animals for the purpose of human consumption. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

I don't know how exactly this is even relevant, but my first thought is 'Soylent Green is next', along with using clones for spare parts and armies. I'm pretty afraid of what humanity is considering these days.

Answer 2

There is nothing instrinsically wrong, or detrimental about cloning animals and using them for food. The issue comes down to the "Yuck Factor". Most people eat "Mystery meat" and "Power Bars" in Pies , Sausages, and from Stores; if people knew what Mystery meat and Power bars were made from, they would never eat it. People even consume Aspartame as if it was a safe product... a 1986 Conference in Washington showed what this stuff can do.
People should have the option to know what this stuff is and does to you ... then you have no-one else to blame; however, since the powers that be combine Genetically Modified food, grain and other things, and then they keep garbage like Aspartame, Power bars and etc as un unknown quantity to people, they will eat this unsafe stuff. In way too many cases, ignorance is bliss, and this makes the rich people much richer

Answer 3

The cloning of animals presents a difficult dilemma. The Bible recognizes that animals are a source of food for humans. It also gives humans dominion over the animal world –and by implication over the plant world (Genesis 1:26,28). There is also an instance in Scripture where selective breeding of animals took place (Genesis 30). Some recent research has sought to produce milk through genetic engineering that would be therapeutic and enriched for the benefit of those who drink it. Such research would seem to be acceptable as long as the animals used in the research are not mistreated. Animal life does not have the standing in God’s sight that human life has, but there is no justification in Scripture for needless abuse and mistreatment of animals.

Answer 4

Took 'em long enough.

And as low as the successful cloning rate is, cloning will continued to be reserved for breeding animals. A mature bull ready for slaughter born from cloning is far too rare and valuable to slaughter -- Five or six semen samples from him would literally be worth more than his carcass would be .... and bulls can produce that in a day or two.

Trust me, you won't see clone meat on the market any time soon, you'll see the offspring of clones probably within the next few years.

Answer 5

Actually, they have recently approved the sale of cloned animal products for consumption without having to be labeled as such.

Answer 6

They should now take the next step and approve the cloning of humans for the purpose of human consumption.

Answer 7

I haven't heard that. Sounds fine to me though. What would be the problem? Are people out there really willing to eat a baby cow that was kept in a box it's whole life and forcefed, but they wont clone it and do it again. They need a new cow for that?

I'm not a vegitarian, but C'mon!

Answer 8

The cloning doesn't concern me as much as genetic mutations of vegetables that are used for animal and human food. There is a reason that mice and rats won't eat it.

Answer 9

Make mine well done. Really well done.

Given what we have seen lately with poisoned spinach and poisoned green onions - I suspect there will be more controls over cloned beef and chicken than we currently seem to have with the veggies.

Face it - the number of things we can safely eat seems to be shrinking every day.

Answer 10

They need to. We're already consuming more food than we can produce. Besides that the food is no different tasting. It is a CLONE of a regular animal.