Unlabelled clone meat allowed on shop shelves as food safety proposals are ripped up

Food from the offspring of cloned animals, including meat and milk, has been approved for sale without labels. The Food Standards Agency yesterday tore up proposals that would have required it to go through a safety assessment. It comes despite research showing eight in ten shoppers oppose the cloning of farm livestock. Unlabelled food produced using the offspring of clones, such as dairy products, meat pies and ready meals, can now go on sale without any threat of legal action.But animal welfare groups say the cloning technique is cruel, with a high number of miscarriages, deformities and gigantism.  And consumer groups say labels are essential to give shoppers choice.

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