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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9382

9 March 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety
Commission wants to know if cloned animals are edible

Brussels, 08/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 8 March, the European Commission announced that it had asked the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) to investigate whether products from cloned animals pose any risks when eaten. “EFSA has been asked to assess the possible implications of cloning for food safety, animal health, animal welfare and environment in the EU,” says the Commission in a press release. For the moment, animal cloning is only used for research purposes in the EU,...

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