MEPs call for total ban on cloning

The European Parliament’s Committees on Agriculture (AGRI) and Environment (ENVI) have issued a joint call for a total ban on cloning in the European Union. In a draft report, approved on 17 June with a strong majority (92 to nine votes, with nine abstentions), the committees request the suspension of the use of the cloning technique in EU food production and a ban on imports into the EU of cloned animals, including their offspring and descendants, as well as germinal…