Dean Foods bans milk from cloned animals
Posted by Susan Ponsolle on 02-27-07
Dean Foods Company, the nation’s largest dairy producer, will not accept milk from cloned cows.
“If the FDA does approve the sale of milk from cloned cows, we will work with our dairy farmers to implement protocols to ensure that the milk they supply to Dean Foods does not come from cloned cows,” said a statement from Dean Foods.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last year issued a
draft risk assessment of cloning as a production technique for
livestock saying that clones are "virtually indistinguishable" from
normal progeny and could enter the food supply. 
Since then, some of the biggest organic dairy producers have registered
opposition to food products from cloned animals entering the food
supply, including the nation's oldest and largest cooperative of
organic farmers, Organic Valley, and Straus Family Creamery.
Whole Foods Market Inc also said it will not allow any meat or milk
from cloned animals or their offspring to be sold in its stores.
Read the Dean Foods Statement which was first reported by the chewswise.com blog.
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