Kids Cuisine

I read an alarming post over at Bloggingstocks this morning. It wrote about how the FDA is likely to green-light the marketing of meat, milk, and other food products from cloned animals.

As if that weren’t enough to give you pause, the Federal agency, which says there is no evidence cloned food products are bad for you, has indicated that it doesn’t think these cloned products even need to be labeled as such. In other words, there’s no way we consumers would know if it’s real or if it’s Memorex.

I’m surprised there’s not more of an outcry in this country. In Europe there has literally been rioting over the prospect being sold genetically-altered produce, or “Franken-food,” as some activists call it.  It’s been picking up lately, and not a moment too soon.

Several large grocery and food chains have come out firmly against this trend, including markets Whole Foods and Wild oats, as well as Dean Foods and Unilever (makers of Ben & Jerry’s). I confess to being less-concerned than I should be over whether my salmon is farmed or caught fresh and similar environmental foodie issues. But this one really bothers me. I don’t think we have any real clue about what we’re getting into with this cloning business. I certainly don’t want to consume anything nature didn’t have a hand in. I don’t want my kids touching the stuff, either, and since they’re the ones headed deeper into this disturbing future than I am, maybe we should start fighting the good fight now.
Parents – how do you feel about this issue? Willing to feed your children meat and milk from cloned animals?