Recently, a news report by the British media about cloned beef and milk entering the market caused a huge uproar in the UK, and the safety of applying high technology to food has attracted widespread public attention.Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
Cloned food, organic food, and genetically modified food have successively made their way onto the dining table. This sounds like a plot from a science fiction novel, but with the rapid development of technology, these scenarios have become reality.Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
Can cloned food be eaten?Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
Since the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first cloned sheep, in the UK in 1996, cloning technology has no longer been unfamiliar to us.Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
It was not until the UK exposed the news of cloned beef appearing on dining tables that the public realized the safety of cloned food.Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
A netizen, Wenzhu, told reporters: “I would not dare to eat it. I feel there are many uncertain factors, and there is too much artificial intervention. I do not like it. What if there is some gene mutation and it harms my body?” Peng Jin, a white-collar worker, held the opposite attitude. She told reporters: “If it really exists, I would dare to eat it, just to try something new, but it also depends on what the specific item is.”Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
The attitudes of many netizens and Shenyang residents also reflect the current focus of debate over cloned food: Can it be eaten or not? Regarding this issue, reporters interviewed Professor Luo Guangbin from the College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine at Shenyang Agricultural University. Professor Luo introduced to reporters: “Cloned beef is merely obtained by extracting a single cell from a cow, using artificial methods to culture it into an embryo, and then implanting the embryo into the uterus of a cow to conceive a new individual. Its genes are the same as normal beef; it is simply reproduced asexually and is no different from ordinary beef. As a food, it poses no danger to life.”Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
On the second day after the British media report was broadcast, reporters made a concentrated visit to large supermarkets in Shenyang such as Tesco and Vanguard, as well as some farmers“ markets, and found that many beef vendors expressed opposition to cloned beef appearing on dining tables. Ms. Zhang, who runs a beef business at a farmers” market near Ningshan Road in Huanggu District, Shenyang, told reporters: "If there really is cloned beef, I would not stock it, because there is currently no news saying that cloned beef is problem-free. It is only some experts introducing that it can be eaten. I must be responsible to consumers."Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
During interviews, reporters learned that the beef sold in major supermarkets in Shenyang currently comes from well-known meat enterprises such as Lufeng and Haoyue. When reporters asked whether cloned beef would be put on shelves if it appeared in China, a staff member decisively told reporters that they would not do so. According to industry insiders, at present, China's cloned beef and some cloned products are still in the research stage. Only a few scientific research teams are able to carry out cloning, and achieving industrialization and entering the market still requires time.Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
Regarding the safety of cloned food, China has not yet issued relevant standards. When leaders of relevant departments meet, they mention the issue of standards, but there is still a distance before formal discussion. Some experts have said: no food safety risks have yet been found in cloned products. As long as the animal itself is healthy, the milk it produces should also be healthy. Zhang Sining, an associate researcher at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, believes that since the appearance of cloned beef in the UK market has triggered panic among ordinary people, the government should, through extensive research, introduce relevant supporting regulations as soon as possible to fill the gap in this field.Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/
[Source: Huashang Morning Post]Өгүүлэл нь ...-аас авсанFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/mn/11249/