Press Release: Food: Commission tables proposals on animal cloning and novel food

On 18 December 2013 the European Commission adopted three draft laws on animal cloning and on novel food which will provide legal certainty in this field. Two proposals will ban the use of the cloning technique in the EU for farm animals and the imports of these animal clones. The marketing of food from animal clones will also be prohibited. These proposals intend to address animal welfare and other ethical concerns related to the use of the technique.

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European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/13/1170: FAQ: Commission tables proposals on animal cloning and novel food http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-1170_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/1081: Press Statement on Cloning and Novel Food http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-1081_en.pdf

UK: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee : 35th Report (2013-14): Animal cloning: Reasoned Opinion http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmeuleg/83-xxxii/8302.htm

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation Of The European Parliament And Of The Council on novel foods http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-novel-foods/

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