Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Religious Objections Raised To FDA's Green Light On Cloned Animal Products

Agape Press yesterday reported that the America First Party has raised what amount to religious objections to the recent Draft Risk Assessment issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (news release). The FDA concluded that meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs, and goats "are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals". AFP's press release quotes party chairman Jon Hill who said: "It is our duty to respect the image of creation that the Creator has given to nature, and to not unnecessarily deform this image in order to merely provide economic opportunities to people involved in the field of genetics. "