The US Food and Drug Administration announced last Monday a month-long delay in comments concerning the safety of food from cloned animals. The preliminary deadline of April 2 has been extended to May 3.
The FDA issued an introductory evaluation last December that informed that meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring were "as secure to eat as food from conventionally bred animals," indicating that food from cloned animals would soon be permitted on store shelves, BusinessWeek informed.
However, the FDA have made the decision about extending the original 90-day comment period after a few organizations asked for more time to analyze the issue. The groups involve the public advocacy group Centre for Food Safety, and food industry associations including the American Frozen Food Institute and the Food Marketing Institute.
Up to the present, nearly 4 000 comments about food from cloned animals have been sent to the FDA’s Web page. A lot of them have been submitted by persons who expressed ethical, safety and moral concerns about permitting food from cloned animals into the general food supply, BusinessWeek also announced.
