MEPs supported the total ban on cloning farm animals in Europe and on the import of cloned food and feed.
Source: EP
MEPs supported the total ban on cloning farm animals in Europe and on the import of cloned food and feed.
Source: EP
The European Commission (EC) has attacked the European Parliament’s vote (8 September 2015) to completely ban use of cloned animals and their descendants for domestic and imported food across the EU. Read more here.
Should cloning for food be banned because of animal welfare concerns? On Tuesday 8 September MEPs debate and vote on amendments to a European Commission proposal to ban the cloning of farm animals in the EU. The MEPs in charge of steering the plans through Parliament support the ban, but want to add provisions on […]
In Europe, cloned animals haven’t made their way into the food supply chain – yet – but they’re not banned from it either. EU legislation on cloning is proving a hard nut to crack. Click here to watch the video.
EP Press release – Agriculture / Public health A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them, including imports, in the EU was voted by the Environment and Agriculture committees on Wednesday. MEPs beefed up the European Commission’s initial proposal, citing high mortality rates at all […]