Sale of Cloned Cow’s Milk Prompts Probe

Food safety officials in the UK will investigate a claim that milk from the offspring of a cloned cow was on sale for public consumption.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will also investigate a related report published in the International Herald Tribune newspaper.

According to the report, a British dairy farmer was using milk from the cow to meet his daily production.

The FSA said it regarded meat and products from cloned animals and their offspring as “novel foods”, which need to be authorised before being put on sale.