I Don’t Care About Cloned Meat

I don’t care about cloned meat. What I do care about is what this “fiasco” exemplifies. You see a year ago the FDA approved the sale of cloned meat, and much later the USDA found out about it and disapproved.  The USDA wanted to ban cloned meat quickly, but the FDA regulation made it impossible to do so. 

The cloned meat debacle is just the most recent example of the perpetual tug of war between the FDA and the USDA.  (I hope to review other such occurrences in the coming weeks.)  The overlapping jurisdiction of the two groups, who often hold opposing perspectives, wastes valuable governmental resources and puts our food system’s safety at risk.  There should be one department to look after our food safety and farm practices headed by experts in food safety and agricultural economics, not the president of the cattle association or an ex-lobbyist for the diary industry, etc.  It should be one Department of Food and Agriculture that has a focus on food and health, not subsidies and food industry profits.  

May there eventually be good health and justice for all.  

The cloned cow goes “moo”…

December 15, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Politics

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