Europeans And Americans Have Different Attitudes Toward Eating Cloned Animal Products

A Kansas State University survey conducted among college students in the U.S., Ireland and France finds that American undergraduates are less skittish than their European counterparts about eating food products derived from cloned animals. The survey also found that K-State sociology and English students were less likely to consume cloned products than agriculture students. When told that both the FDA and the European Food Safety Authority found no safety risk in eating cloned animal products, many students said they’d be more likely to eat such foods. The researchers said their findings suggest that people with ethical and moral concerns about animal cloning are likely to avoid cloned products if they should come to market and are labeled as such.