Ban sale of cloned food products, urges MEP

FOOD from all cloned animals should be banned until proper legal rules are defined to govern its use, a Yorkshire MEP has urged.

Linda McAvan, MEP for Yorkshire and Humber, called for an EU-wide moratorium on the use of all food products from cloned animals until loopholes in law are closed.

The sale of cloned meat must be authorised by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) before it can be put on sale. But legislation is vague concerning food from the offspring of cloned animals, as demonstrated in last month’s public outcry at the news that meat from cloned offspring was being sold in the UK.

Mrs McAvan said: “We need to have a full public debate about cloning and that is why we need a moratorium now on cloned food products until that debate has happened and legislation is in place.”