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07-31-2003, 09:45 AM
Special interest groups are already sharpening their knives for the next bio-engineered food issue. The issue deals with bio-engineered animals.
A website reports:
"In the University of Illinois project, cow genes were inserted into sows to increase their milk production, and a synthetic gene was added to make milk digestion easier for the piglets, thereby causing them to grow faster. But instead of the experimental swine being destroyed, as required by the FDA, 386 piglets were sold to livestock brokers, who then sold them to slaughterhouses, who sold them to grocery stores, who sold them to consumers as pork chops, sausage, and bacon."
The University states:
"University officials claim the piglets did not inherit the genetic baggage of their moms, and the government does not believe the incident presented a public-health risk."
This issue is representative of the debate that will occur in the future, when it moves from grains to animals. We believe the material in the attached article could be questioned on a number of issues.
Read article (http://www.gristmagazine.com/maindish/smithson073003.asp)
A website reports:
"In the University of Illinois project, cow genes were inserted into sows to increase their milk production, and a synthetic gene was added to make milk digestion easier for the piglets, thereby causing them to grow faster. But instead of the experimental swine being destroyed, as required by the FDA, 386 piglets were sold to livestock brokers, who then sold them to slaughterhouses, who sold them to grocery stores, who sold them to consumers as pork chops, sausage, and bacon."
The University states:
"University officials claim the piglets did not inherit the genetic baggage of their moms, and the government does not believe the incident presented a public-health risk."
This issue is representative of the debate that will occur in the future, when it moves from grains to animals. We believe the material in the attached article could be questioned on a number of issues.
Read article (http://www.gristmagazine.com/maindish/smithson073003.asp)