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Action Alert: No Further Action on Meat & Milk from Cloned Animals
Action Alert
Citizens for Health Supports Center for Food Safety's Petition to FDA
Tell the FDA to halt further action on meat and milk from cloned animals! DEMAND A
NATIONAL DISCUSSION!
Some background:
WASHINGTON, October, 2006 - The Food and Drug Administration first proposed that it might
permit the sale of milk and meat from cloned animals in 2003, resulting in public reaction that has
run the gamut from interest to horror. Now the FDA, citing new data, expects to give its stamp of
approval by the end of this year!
This is set to happen despite the fact that more than 60 percent of the U.S. population is
uncomfortable with the idea of animal cloning for food and milk.
Stephen F. Sundlof, the FDA's chief of veterinary medicine responsible for the agency's risk
assessment, maintains that "food from cloned animals is as safe as the food we eat every day." But
the FDA has never published the complete scientific studies it says support that claim.
The Washington-based Center for Food Safety has filed a petition with the FDA asking that cloned
animals be classified the same as "transgenic animals" - animals that have been engineered by
adding specific genes. Citizens for Health supports the petition, which asserts cloned animals
should be regulated the same way as new pharmaceuticals, under a category called "New Animal
Drugs".
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
Here are the facts you will want to tell the FDA (or you may use the form letter provided through the
links in this email):
A majority of the American public is against using food from cloned animals.
Having cloned cows produce more milk won't reduce milk prices.
Genetic changes seen in some clones may alter the very nutritional nature of meat and milk.
Approval for cloned meat and milk raises ethical issues beyond the FDA's expertise.
The FDA must not sacrifice the safety of millions of Americans under pressure from genetic
research corporations and special interests. Citizens for Health believes the issue of cloned
animals for food needs to be approached with the utmost caution, and that a national discussion
should be initiated to consider the wisdom of creating cloned and transgenic animals.
The FDA has a responsibility to respect the concerns of consumers and to protect public health.
HOLD THE FDA ACCOUNTABLE!
Thanks for taking action,
The Citizens for Health Team
Citizens for Health Supports Center for Food Safety's Petition to FDA
Tell the FDA to halt further action on meat and milk from cloned animals! DEMAND A
NATIONAL DISCUSSION!
Some background:
WASHINGTON, October, 2006 - The Food and Drug Administration first proposed that it might
permit the sale of milk and meat from cloned animals in 2003, resulting in public reaction that has
run the gamut from interest to horror. Now the FDA, citing new data, expects to give its stamp of
approval by the end of this year!
This is set to happen despite the fact that more than 60 percent of the U.S. population is
uncomfortable with the idea of animal cloning for food and milk.
Stephen F. Sundlof, the FDA's chief of veterinary medicine responsible for the agency's risk
assessment, maintains that "food from cloned animals is as safe as the food we eat every day." But
the FDA has never published the complete scientific studies it says support that claim.
The Washington-based Center for Food Safety has filed a petition with the FDA asking that cloned
animals be classified the same as "transgenic animals" - animals that have been engineered by
adding specific genes. Citizens for Health supports the petition, which asserts cloned animals
should be regulated the same way as new pharmaceuticals, under a category called "New Animal
Drugs".
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
Here are the facts you will want to tell the FDA (or you may use the form letter provided through the
links in this email):
A majority of the American public is against using food from cloned animals.
Having cloned cows produce more milk won't reduce milk prices.
Genetic changes seen in some clones may alter the very nutritional nature of meat and milk.
Approval for cloned meat and milk raises ethical issues beyond the FDA's expertise.
The FDA must not sacrifice the safety of millions of Americans under pressure from genetic
research corporations and special interests. Citizens for Health believes the issue of cloned
animals for food needs to be approached with the utmost caution, and that a national discussion
should be initiated to consider the wisdom of creating cloned and transgenic animals.
The FDA has a responsibility to respect the concerns of consumers and to protect public health.
HOLD THE FDA ACCOUNTABLE!
Thanks for taking action,
The Citizens for Health Team