Animal Cloning Controversy

The FDA announced yesterday the products you get from cloned animals are just as safe as products from regular livestock.
But many who work with animals say it will still be a while before the products move to your local grocery stores.

It's the big question sweeping the country. Would you eat the meat or drink the milk from cloned animals?

"Not if I knew it, I don't think I would! If I knew it was from cloned animals," says Pauline King.

"I think that it would probably be more expensive than what we already have and I just don't think it's something I would care for," says Lois Vancleave.

Experts say the milk and meat from cloned animals could be on the market within 3 to 5 years, but some people say they disagree.

"As I see it its not going to get into the food chain anyways because of the cost of it," says Bowling Green resident, Jim Chaney.

Jim Chaney knows all about farming and says to clone a cow it can cost up to $20,000 dollars.

"You're not gonna sell a $20,000 animal for so much a pound to get into the food chain," says Chaney.

Tripp Covington is the manager at the Cattlemen's Livestock Market in Bowling Green. He says he has a close friend in the cloning business.

"I know its real popular in horses and also in bucking bulls and stuff of that nature," says Tripp Covington.

Like Chaney, he says the high cost of cloning animals makes it hard to turn around and sell it in the grocery store at such a low price.

"I think in concept it sounds good, but in actuality its gonna be too expensive to be on the grocery shelf anytime soon," says Covington.

And if and when it is, some shoppers say they'll eventually make the move.

"Things are changing I guess. Maybe well have to get used to these new changes, but it's gonna be hard to do," says Pauline King.

The FDA reviewed dozens of studies from around the world to determine that the milk and meat from cloned animals is just as safe as products from any other animal.

However, a survey conducted last year found that only 22 percent of U.S. consumers were in favor of animal cloning.

Source: http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/13850492.html?imw=Y

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