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Cloned Meat Is Already in America’s Food Supply… Without Labels For years, meat and milk from the offspring of cloned cattle and pigs have quietly entered the U.S. food chain. No special labeling. No disclosure. No way for consumers to know. In 2008, the FDA declared these products “indistinguishable” from conventional meat and exempted them from any tracking or labeling requirement. Since then, the progeny of clones—animals conceived naturally but descended from a cloned parent—have been bred commercially and sold alongside traditional livestock. Industry sources acknowledge the practice is widespread, yet the average shopper remains completely unaware. The contrast with the rest of the developed world is stark. The European Union bans food from clones and their offspring outright, citing animal-welfare risks and consumer rejection. Canada has indefinitely postponed approval, treating cloned-animal products as “novel foods” that require rigorous review and mandatory labeling. Cloning itself is far from benign: success rates remain low, surrogate cows endure repeated surgeries, and many cloned embryos and calves suffer severe abnormalities. While the FDA maintains that healthy clones and their progeny pose no unique food-safety risk, long-term studies are scarce, and independent scientists continue to raise questions about subtle genetic and physiological differences. Public sentiment has been consistent for nearly two decades: polls show 60–70 % of Americans oppose animal cloning for food and want clear labeling if such products are sold. Today, no federal rule requires identification of meat or milk derived from cloned lineage. As traceability and transparency become standard expectations in food purchasing, this remains one of the last unregulated frontiers in the American supply chain. With growing calls for food-system reform, advocates argue that simple labeling would restore consumer choice and let the market, not a 17-year-old agency decision, determine the future of cloned animals in agriculture. Until then, the steak on your plate may carry a hidden origin story most Americans never agreed to accept.