UK: No labels needed for milk, meat from clones' offspring - FSA

By: Dean Best | 8 December 2010

Milk and meat from the offspring of cloned animals would not need to carry labels informing consumers of the origin of the food, the UK's food-safety watchdog has argued.

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Milk and meat from the offspring of cloned animals would not need to carry labels informing consumers of the origin of the food, the UK's food-safety watchdog has argued.

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