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Is it just me, or does the thought of being served milk and meat from cloned animals leave you feeling a little strange? It seems like just yesterday when we learned of the first cloned cow (in 1999) and now the chances of milk and meat from cloned animals hitting grocery stores is becoming a real possibility.

On December 28 of last year, proponents for selling foods from cloned foods in American grocery stores got a big endorsement. While most of us were busy cleaning up from our Christmas celebrations and looking ahead toward our New Year's festivities, the FDA announced its preliminary assessment of cloned foods.

The FDA decided that meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring were "as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals." This definitely appears to be opening the door for approval of such food products in grocery stores, but the agency decided that it would take another 90 days to hear what the public had to say on the matter. As of today, that 90 days is up.

But don't expect to hear the FDA's final assessment of the situation. With no explanations given, sources working within the FDA's program have hinted that there is going to be a 30 day extension to the discussion. There has been a lot of public outcry on the possibility that America may be about to become the first country to allow food products to hit the stores, mostly revolving around ethical, safety, and morality issues.

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