Do you think it is right for companies not to label cloned meat?

Question

On the news they are saying that there will not be a label on cloned meat, but I do not think that it is right for them to do that. So I want to know do you think it is right and why or why not, and do you think that most people will become vegetarians because of it?
* I think that 10 years from now while everyone is eating this cloned meat they are going to find that it is causing people to become sick.

Answer 1

I can't imagine it ever being cheaper to clone meat than to produce it by the normal method. Cloning involves a complicated process in the laboratory, and then a full pregnancy and raising the animal. Why would they do that instead of just breeding the animals? The cloned meat wouldn't be any better, so they'd be just throwing their money away.

Answer 2

To find out who is behind the movement to legalize cloned meat, all that needs to be done is follow the money trail.

The FDA's draft risk assessment relies heavily on the work of animal-cloning companies Cyagra and ViaGen. More than a quarter of the 700-page draft consists of data from these two companies.

While on the surface the draft addresses some public safety issues, commercial interests largely inform the substance of the draft.

Polls have shown that the majority of the public does not want cloned meat, and certainly wants it to be labeled if it is available. The FDA has stated that it cannot require labeling.

The FDA's recent approval of cloned meat and milk for sale in America's grocery stores after more than three years had a great deal to do with the agency relying far too much on companies that will profit from the move, such as ViaGen and Cyagra.

Additionally to the more than 170 pages of the draft supplied directly by the companies, the work of a pair of scientists either currently or formerly employed by Cyagra was cited liberally throughout it.

And, of course, the government and conventional science will justify cloning animals for all the very debatable good it can do to rid the world of hunger or to discover new and often unnecessary and useless toxic drugs.

However noble these objectives may sound, Americans certainly aren't fooled by the tainting of our food supply with cloned meats. More reason than ever for you to seek out local sources for your vegetables and meats.

It's no wonder that some organic food companies are taking steps to keep the public informed, as Mary from Cabool, Missouri points out on Vital Votes:

"At least some food companies have gotten the idea that Americans might not want cloned meat and are getting Clone-free labels ready. What we really need is meat that is totally free of hormones and antibiotics. Which you can not obtain easily in your local grocery store."

I'm already vegan,so i definetly won't touch the cloned stuff.http://meat.org/

Answer 3

Personally I really don't care if it is labeled or not. I would buy it and eat it.

There could come a day when you are proved correct while I lay in a sick bed. That possibility always exists but I have lived for a lot of years. I have seen all different types of food go from good to bad to back to good.

Frankly I thing the people who are supposed to watch over the food we have available are a bunch of morons. They were appointed by some bureaucrat who owes someone a favor. And they couldn't care less whether or not you or I get sick.

I suppose I just don't place this very high on my to-do list. Boycott cloned meat probably falls just below clipping my toenails.

Answer 4

I think it's wrong to clone animals for the sole purpose of consumption. This is another reason to not eat mass produced meat. It's also a good reason to not eat meat at all. Even before they were cloning livestock, they were screwing around with their genetics and injecting them with steroids. This meat isn't healthy, label or no label.

Answer 5

I really can't see the difference.....cloned or not. I don't see why they would have to label it differently....beef is beef, pork is pork.

Answer 6

No