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EU Cloned Food Talks Collapse

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Published: April 11, 2011

Talks within the European Union have broken down over how to deal with food from cloned animals, sending EU proposals on the sale of new types of foods back to the drawing board after three years of debate. The failure to reach an agreement means EU rules on cloning and on so-called “novel foods” – defined as foodstuffs not consumed significantly in the EU before 1997 – must now be redrafted and could take several years to agree.

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