Should the FDA label food products from animal clones?

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Problem with the statement of the issue. It's not the FDA that would actually do the labeling. It does make a difference - see my comments on Ron Paul's position.

Nice revision. Interesting (and somewhat unsettling) issue.

issue prior to revisions:

I think it's more correct to say "animal clones." If you say "cloned animals," that could be either the source or the copy — needlessly ambiguous.

i don't think we need offspring in this issue.  based on the evidence esperanto posted, it seems we can leave it as "cloned animals".  i'm with brian.

Great.  Do we need a "should the FDA permit food products from cloned animals?" issue?

Sample evidence.

FDA (no)

FDA is not recommending any additional measures relating to food derived from adult clones and their offspring, including labeling. For instance, FDA scientists found that the milk components from dairy clones were of the same type and present in the same amounts as milk sold every day. Therefore there is no science-based reason to use labels to distinguish between milk derived from clones and that from conventional animals.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last month that the Agency will likely approve the sale of cloned foods this year. FDA’s action flies in the face of widespread scientific concern about the risks of food from clones, and ignores the animal cruelty and troubling ethical concerns that the cloning process brings. What's worse, FDA indicates that it will not require labeling on cloned food, so consumers will have no way to avoid these experimental foods.

Suggest "animal clones." See comment here.

Yikes...good topic though...