13/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Tuesday 13 January, the European Commission held a policy debate on the cloning of animals for the purposes of producing food, a prospect which is causing controversy, following the negative opinion delivered by the ethics committee and the very guarded opinion from the European Food Safety Authority. According to the Commission spokesman, the debate resulted in a desire, at this stage of reflection, to maintain the status quo: cloning of animals...