Meat of asexually reproduced animals is not unusual

That is the conclusion of scientists from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paving the way for the agency to declare it a source of food from asexually reproductive animals completely safe for humans.

'Meat and milk from animals are reproduced asexually and their children are safe to eat like normal animal products,' the scientists concluded.

Dolly - the first cloned animal in the world (photo: BBC)

At the same time, the FDA believes that there is no need to label a special label to distinguish products from asexual animal from normal products.

However, US consumer organizations immediately spoke up, saying that distinguishing clear products from asexual reproduction is necessary in the context of recent polls that show consumers Do not want to use these products at all.

A representative of a federal consumer protection organization criticized that FDA's scientific research has ignored the results of previous studies, which concluded that asexual animals often have mortality rates and deformities higher than normal.

He insisted that food companies and supermarkets refuse to sell meat from asexual animals.

In any case, the completion of the procedures for the products of asexual reproductive products to be released to the US market will take several months to complete.

In addition, asexual reproduction is done primarily for breeding purposes, not for meat.

Asexual reproductive technology allows farmers to ' copy ' particular animals such as pigs that grow super fast or super dairy cows. Products from the offspring of these "true copies " animals will be released to the market once the current ban in the United States is abolished.

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