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British experts say cloned meat is safe to eat

27 November 2010 10:08 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Vahab Rzayev â€“ APA. Meat and milk from cloned cattle and their offspring are safe to consume, independent scientists have said. The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes said it believed the food was unlikely to present any risk, APA reports quoting BBC News. The Food Standards Agency will discuss the conclusions in December before providing further advice to ministers. Questions raised by reports over the summer that meat from cloned animals’ offspring was sold to consumers "remain unanswered", the Soil Association says. However, the committee’s scientists said there was no substantial difference between meat and milk from cloned animals and produce from conventional livestock, in line with a number of other scientific assessments. Three cases had emerged of meat linked to a cloned cow being sold in the UK, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Two involved Highlands farm bulls grown from embryos of a cow cloned in the US, while the third involved meat from a male calf being sent to a London butcher’s shop.