Cloned food fight.'The probability is that the food is safe to eat.... But the jury's stilt stilt, common name for some members of the family Recurvirostridae, shore birds including the avocet. Stilts, as their name implies, have the longest legs of any bird except the flamingo. out.' --Lester Crawford of the Food and Drug Administration, on the agency's conclusion that food from cloned animals is probably safe, but that further research is needed. [NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , Oct. 31] 'Food is an intensely emotional topic. People who are otherwise rational become irrational. about food safety.' --Consumer educator Elizabeth Whelan, on public wariness of eating cloned food. (The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Nov. 4) 'It's like duplicating Michael Jordan until You have five Michael Jordans on a team.' --Texas cattleman Donald Brown on why breeders are stocking up on prized cloned calves, even before FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approval of the sale of cloned meat. (AP, Nov. 3) |
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