Safety of cloned animal products uncertain

The European Union's top food safety agency (EFSA) said cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed.

 In March 2007, the European Commission
— the EU's executive arm — asked the Bologna-based food agency to
investigate the merits of cloning, prompted after the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) gave its backing to meat and milk products
from cloned cattle, pigs and goats. EFSA said in January that cloned
animals could be safe to eat.

But now,
when asked if cloned products such as meat and dairy would be safe
for people to buy in European supermarkets, Dr. Dan Collins of EFSA
said: "There are possible concerns … there is an impact of
animal health and welfare on food safety. We need more data."