Would YOU feel uncomfortable eating meat or milk that came from a cloned animal? Seeing as this sci-fi food may be arriving at a store near you within the next decade, what is your stance? And do you think that the FDA should require it to be labled as coming from a clone?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/28/cloned.food.ap/index.html
2007-01-05 05:46:25 · 9 answers · asked by smellyfoot ™ 7 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I guess that all the chemical shots and lab work that is done with our meat and vegetables NOW is just as sci-fi as using cloned animals....almost nothing that we eat now can be considered "natural"
2007-01-05 05:55:28 · update #1
the evidence says it's safe. the producers insist there's no difference. so why do i feel a little bit like i'm eating frankenstein's monster when i put a fork to it?
human beings (at least i do) like to believe that their food is naturally produced by time-tested ways (read mother nature). witness the popularity of organic foods, grown without any tampering or help.
not only is cloned food not produced in the traditional ways, man has had the final say in whether it was produced at all. am i the only one creeped out by "dolly" a few years ago? consumers concerned about cloned food would not have the ability to choose if labels are not required... but is truth in advertising really as transparent as we'd all like to think it is anyway?
it's true that the cost of cloned food will make it unlikely that we'll be seeing it any time soon, at least in abundance. someday it may help ease food shortages if man keeps damaging the planet's ability to maintain today's levels of agriculture. so down the road, it could have benefits... but if given a personal choice, i'd prefer MY steak with 57 sauce, not 57 chromosomes.
2007-01-05 08:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by patzky99 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you say "false choice?"
Cloning costs so much (even in cattle) that unless it becomes cheaper than breeding, you'll never see "clone" steak in your local grocery.
Milk production is pretty much the same deal - it makes a great "sensational" story, but the costs of cloning a "good milker" so outweigh the profit potential that it's just ridiculous to assume it will happen any time soon.
2007-01-05 05:57:10 · answer #2 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as well the different solutions right here, many so referred to as 'virgin births' were stated in this time. It became used as a justification for divinity and getting a lady off the hook for out of wedlock daliances. apparently, it would not seem to artwork at present... i ask your self why... BTW, how does our potential to manage to do something with technology have something to do with the supernatural?
2016-10-16 23:40:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
birthed and feed fresh hay and grain every day thank you very much. FDA label something correctly? Without the benefit of a lawsuit? Come on, let's be realistic...
2007-01-05 05:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really see how cloned could be harmful or any less salubrious than natural, but I'll take birthed, thank you. I think all genetically-engineered, or GE, foods should be labelled as such.
2007-01-05 05:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't feel uncomfortable at all. No cow that is raised for its meat has a high quality of life, no matter how it was "concieved", so it really doesn't matter.
2007-01-05 05:49:22 · answer #6 · answered by EllisFan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meat is meat, serve it to me brown on both sides and pink in the middle...ooohhh, that sounds dirty...
2007-01-05 05:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meat is meat.
2007-01-05 05:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by oldmanwitastick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh my,..
we should all become vegetarians,..seriously.
2007-01-05 05:48:47 · answer #9 · answered by iroc 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋