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Animal Cloning

U.S. FDA issues draft documents on safety of animal clones

Published in State and Local Health Law Weekly, February 1st, 2007

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued three documents on the safety of animal cloning - a draft risk assessment; a proposed risk management plan; and a draft guidance for industry.

Draft risk assessment

The draft risk assessment finds that meat and milk from clones of adult cattle, pigs and goats, and their offspring, are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals. The assessment was peer-reviewed by a group of independent scientific experts in cloning and animal health. They agreed with the methods FDA used to evaluate the data and the conclusions set out in the document.

The draft risk...

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