Tej Kohli business blog presents an unusual piece of information from the UK business sector!
According to an usual report, milk from the offspring of a cloned cow is being sold in UK shops. The Food standards agency is investigating the claim made by an anonymous British dairy farmer. The FSA said it believed that the practice of selling milk from cloned cows and their offspring was not legal.
The farmer, on the other hand, claimed that he was using milk from a cow bred from a clone, as a part of his dairy production. The milk was not being identified as being different from produce derived from a naturally born cow.
The farmer made this claim to the international herald Tribune, on the condition of anonymity for fear that consumers would stop purchasing his milk.
He also said he was selling embryos from the same cow to Canadian breeders.
Earlier last month, the European parliament voted to prohibit the sale of dairy products and meat from clones and their offsprings. However, this has not yet passed into law. .
According to European Law, foodstuffs derived from cloned animals and their offsprings must pass a safety evaluation and get approval before being sold in market. The FSA, the authority responsible for assessing such food, said it has not made any authorisations, nor been instructed to do so.
The cows being used to produce the milk started life in the United States as embryos created from the eggs of cloned cows and the sperm of normal bulls. The embryos were frozen and flown to Britain where they were implanted into host cows. The offspring produce higher quantities of milk than normal cows.
In 2007 it was disclosed that eight cloned cows were born this way on British farms, including one in Shropshire.
Research has identified concerns for the health of animals produced as a result of cloning. There is some evidence of premature births and deformities. However, an FSA spokesman said: “Based on the best available evidence, there are no food safety concerns surrounding consumption of products from healthy clones or their offspring.”
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