By Theodora Filis In March, Novel Food Regulations negotiations, over banning the use of cloned animals for food in the European Union (EU), broke down when EU member states, and the European Parliament, could not come to an agreement. The European Parliament wanted to ban meat from both cloned animals and their offspring, while governments from member states insisted the ban should only apply to the cloned animals themselves. After three years of negotiations a compromise was offered to just have labeling of meat that comes from cloned animals or their offspring, but member states said they could only agree to such labels for beef. Beef is already heavily labeled and tracked because of previous mad cow scares – European Parliament negotiators said – no deal! Although EU governments and the European Commission have stressed that scientific studies have shown there is no difference between eating meat from a cloned animal and eating meat from a regular animal, many members of
It is imperative we all pay attention to the impact of our collective and personal actions on the environment. During the next decade, our global community will be unable to deal effectively with the formidable environmental challenges posed by decades of environmental mismanagement. There are many environmental issues I write about in this blog, some will scare you, and it is my hope, these articles will give you a reason to question and search for answers.