EU advisors question ethics of cloned food

The European Commission's advisory group charged with consideration of ethics in science and technology has concluded that at present the production of cloned food cannot be justified.

The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technology (EGE) said Thursday (17 January) that due to the level of suffering of the mothers into which a cloned embryo is placed and the health problems of the animal clones themselves, the group "has doubts as to whether cloning animals for food supply is...