The Other White Meat

The idea of cloned meat has definitely not appealed to all consumers, but The Other White Meat sheds some light on the issue. According to Ben Paynter, milk from a cloned dairy cow is just as delicious as the original. Even though food from cloned animals is exactly the same and just as safe, the FDA is putting forth its best efforts to prevent cloned milk or meat from getting into grocery stores. Don Coover, who manages SEK Genetics, believes that this only because of strong public opposition to cloned food. Coover knows that cloned animals make their way into the food chain anyway. Cloning presents an advantage over regular breeding because there is no chance of getting undesired traits, but cloned animals can sometimes have fatal conditions like sudden death syndrome and large offspring syndrome. Cloning animals also presents an economic advantage to farmers, and ultimately consumers cannot tell the difference. I can understand why consumers are wary of food that comes from cloned animals. I do not have a problem with cloned animals being in our food, but I think consumers should still know if their food does come from cloned animals. When I worked as a representative of the dairy industry, I was told to tell consumers that the FDA mandated that milk from cloned cows was dumped and not put into the milk supply, but if it ended up in stores, then consumers should not be deceived.