http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/28/cloned.food.ap/index.html

The path that Corporations have taken in the U.S. is now a path followed by Agriculture. We should just mesh the two together. I'm not sure I understand the idea behind putting American farmers out of business by having labs clone animals.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time that someone from the Agriculture dept. finds a way to patent certain types of cloned animals.

Just as Monsanto was able to clone seeds;

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto-pig-patent-111

..and go further as to sue farmers who use this genetically changed seedlings, I expect to see some corporation come in and patent animals in the same nature.

What really bothers me, is the fact that someone will soon develop an animal via cloning to certain specifications, that'll probably cause it to be mutated to an extent, and due to this law NOT having been passed, allows them to sale that very meat on the shelves, unbeknownst to the public.

If there's truly no harm, then the labeling of cloned meat, should be a passed law.

It's not so much of evading a fear developed from cloned animals, due to a lack of understanding, but a choice of ethics. This deprives the people of that very choice. To eat food w/o knowledge of it having been grown in a farm, via a test tube, or genetically mutated.

I guess people must be piling on enough to the natural/organic/enviromental movement enough to worry the big guys. It is only a matter of time before the modify their message and market it differently. But as stated above it doesn't help that the US FDA isn't doing it's job with BUSH in office. This ties in nicely with that growth hormone they talked about in 'the corporation'. Can't wait for the mutant kids being spawned in the US to get together and file class action lawsuits in 20 years from now.

let the attacks begin

couldn't find the current episode may not have been the current but I thought it was. Anyone remember hearing about his other than me?

[ 29 December 2006: Message edited by: thorin_bane ]

spiffy, modern, high tech - and what are the benefits ?

not all technology is good.

monsanto ... "we are so COOL because we have these neat cloned animals and seeds - and we're gonna sue your ass for - letting pollen from out plants blow onto your land !"

amazing that the judge allowed that argument to go forward. Fascism it is.

i would like to see a Monsanto boycott. if not in Canada or the US, maybe in Europe.

[ 29 December 2006: Message edited by: Abdul_Maria ]

North American has decided that rather than regulate such things as animal cruelty - we will let the consumers decide - if the consumers don't buy factory farmed products, GMO, or cloned meat - then they will directly affect the market.

But of course, North America also decides that there is no need to actually keep us informed of what we are buying - and safety is the only thing that they wish to tell us.