to ‘mvmiller@pewtrusts.org’
Dear Sir, Madam,
I am a freelance journalist based in Europe (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) interested in finding out more about your opinions about on commercial cloning issues. As you might know, the European Food Safety Authority is seeking scientific contributions from Third Parties on th is issue to see if they, like your FDA, will give the green light to of cloning animals for commercial purposes.
I am contacting you because I have difficulty tracking any European organizations that object to this issue, for an article I am writing on the subject, in which I compare the situation in the US with the one here in Europe.
My initial findings are that the US public is way more aware of these type of issues due to the milk debate that’s raged on there since the FDA allowed injecting cows with recombinant bovine somatotropin and now also appears to condone meat of cloned cows to enter the food chain unlabeled.
To my understanding there is some resistance in Europe to cloning cows and allowing cloned meat to enter the shops unlabeled , yet I have to find the first organization yet that confirms this. I am writing to you to find out if you are aware of any European counterparts?
I would very much appreciate your reply. I have written one article on the subject (http://www.globalpolitician.com/articleshow.asp?ID=3249&cid=1&sid=24) and my next article focuses on consumer awareness differences in the US and Europe.
Kind regards,
Angelique van Engelen