EU novel food regulation review at risk

The talks between the European Parliament and the European Commission on the novel food issue, especially the food from clones and their offspring, failed after a nine hour meeting on 17 March 2011.

The Parliament is calling for the explicit ban of meat produced from cloned animals and their descendants, whereas EU ministers and the Commission back a ban on cloning for food production, but reject a ban on food from offspring.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Cloning http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-cloning/

ESO: Background information: Commission to allow imports of cloned food http://www.europeansources.info/record/commission-to-allow-imports-of-cloned-food/

ESO: Background information: Is it safe to consume milk and meat from cloned cattle? http://www.europeansources.info/record/is-it-safe-to-consume-milk-and-meat-from-cloned-cattle/

Website: European Environmental Bureau (EEB) http://www.eeb.org/

EurActiv, 29.3.11: Novel foods review stumbles over cloning http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/novel-foods-review-stumbles-cloning-news-503610

EUObserver, 29.3.11: Dolly scientist rejects cloning for food, as EU talks break down http://euobserver.com/9/32088

EUR-LEX: Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31997R0258:EN:HTML

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