Is eating steak made from a cloned cow more appealing if it was raised organically?
The answer, according to Canadian food authorities, is no.
Canada has declared organic food and cloned animals to be mutually exclusive - which means any products derived from cloned animals won't carry the country's new organic logo.
The restriction will be introduced under a sweeping set of revised national guidelines, released last Friday, that are designed to regulate the country's organic food industry and prevent companies from making false or misleading claims. The ban on cloned organic products was quietly added in October to an existing list of substances prohibited in organic production. The list, along with all other rules regarding organic production methods, will come into effect on June 30.
The new rules require all foods, beverages and other products of organic agriculture to be certified by a nationally recognized body and carry a new organic label introduced by the government. The contents of all products carrying the new label must be at least 95 per cent organic, which is the current standard the majority of organic certification bodies use.
The national rules will allow consumers to tell easily which organic products have met a high standard. But when it comes to organic seafood, cosmetics, pet food and textiles, it's still buyer beware…
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