Has the cloned cow progeny meat products caused the British to worry about the safety of genetically modified foods?

On August 4, a group of cows stood in a fence on a farm near Nairn in the north of Scotland. The British Food Standards Agency announced on the 4th that the agency has basically grasped the situation of a U.S. cloned cow in the United Kingdom. Two of the bull's meat products have already flown into the market, and whether the milk produced by the two cows has flown into the market is not yet available. determine. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters

Following the British Food Standards Agency's confirmation that the offspring of a U.S. genetically modified cloned cow has been processed into meat products into the British food chain, an agency responsible for registering cows and bulls on British farms confirmed on the 5th that American cloned cattle may already have nearly 100 in the United Kingdom." Sons."

After the outbreak of the mad cow disease in the 1990s, the British began to carefully purchase beef products and dairy products. Although experts assured that the cloned cattle progeny meat products are “safe”, many Britons are still worried about this.

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The Food Standards Agency confirmed on the 4th that a total of 8 British "born" cattle were "made of" stem cells from a cow cloned from the United States. The meat products of the two bulls "parable" and "Paratrooper Dundee" may have been eaten. ".

The agency responsible for registering farm cows and bulls, "Holstein UK," announced on the website on the 5th that the American cloned cow has 97 offspring in Britain.

AFP reported that the owner of "Fable" and "Paratrooper Dundee" is the farmer Karem Innis of Olden in the north of England. "Paratrooper Dundee" was slaughtered in July last year. Its meat products have entered the British food chain; "parable" was slaughtered in May this year, and its meat may have been eaten. On August 4, a herd of cows rested on a farm near Nairn in the north of Scotland. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters

The Food Standards Agency said it is unclear how many cloned bovine stem cells have flowed into the UK from overseas.

The survey began earlier this week when media reports said that a milk product made by a U.S. clone parent "born" cow entered the UK market without any identification.

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Agence France-Presse quoted the relevant laws and reports of the European Union. Any food made from cloned animals and their offspring must be subject to safety assessment and approved before entering the market.

The Food Standards Agency is responsible for approving such "new types of foods", including the cloning of animals and their offspring's meat products and other products. The agency said it has never approved the sale of similar foods in the UK market and has not received a similar application.

Transgenic crops are more common in the United States, and cloned livestock and their offspring's meat products are considered safe. However, in Europe, people generally oppose genetically modified foods and cloned foods.

The Associated Press quoted a latest public opinion survey report, 72% of Italians oppose the consumption of genetically modified foods, the French and Germans also hold similar views. On August 4, a worker drove a herd of cows on a farm near Nairn in the north of Scotland. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters

The news of the cloning of cattle meat products into the British market has caused many people to worry.

The British "Soil Association" organization questions the safety of this food and warns that cloned food will reduce genetic diversity in agriculture.