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Re: Delicious!
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Sat, 8 Nov 2003 02:37:26 GMT
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Well, so far it’s the full cloned animal in question:

Cloned Food OK by FDA
Reuters, 05:50 PM Oct. 30, 2003 PT
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61038,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7

I know what you are talking about too, but I think we are still some time away from that. If careful studies reveal that there are no health risks for “vat flesh” when it gets to production level I could see the benefit in terms of the environent, etc.

In the meanwhile, we are just talking about cloned, whole animals that create just as much waste as their genetic antecedents. I don’t see an upside for the risks involved.

-- Hop-Frog



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Who says cloned pig is a clone of a full pig? They've been working on "vat flesh" for some time. If they were going to clone pig meat, it might be more environmentally conscious to just use vats. And after R&D expenses are covered, the meat gets (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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