Part VI: Does food from cloned animals and their offspring have to be labeled?

Part VI: Does food from cloned animals and their offspring have to be labeled?
By Diane Broek

In January 2008, the FDA released their Final Risk Assessment that stated that the products from cloned animals and their offspring are safe, that there is no difference in food (meat and milk) produced from cloned animals and their offspring, thus there is no reason to require labeling on all products. The offspring of cloned animals are conventionally bred and are not cloned animals themselves.

At this time, a Supply Chain Management program was provided, identifying bovine cloned animals in the event that packers would want to exclude them.  This SCM was operated for several years.  Not once in the years of operation or in the 12 years since, has there been a request to identify a cloned animal illustrating that the SCM was not needed.    

For more information, check out the Trans Ova livestock cloning page.