USDA TO BAN CLONED FOODS FROM ORGANICS

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NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Last month, the USDA proposed that the offspring of cloned animals
could be considered "organic". But last week, the USDA’s
National Organic Standards Board voted 12-0 to ban foods from
cloned animals and their progeny from the organic market. Regulators
apparently recognize, after being flooded with complaints from
organic consumers, that cloning is incompatible with the Organic
Foods Production Act and is prohibited under the National Organic
Program regulations. The real difficulty will be in tracking these
animals, particularly 2nd and 3rd generation offspring of cloned
animals.
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