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Meat and milk from cloned animals in America's food supply?

Merry Christmas. I'm Mormonolny, and this is an archived edition of To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Early this year, the Department of Agriculture was calling for a voluntary moratorium to build

public acceptance of cloned meat. But the FDA says it is safe to eat, so it's been business as usual.

Americans already are eating meat, not from cloned animals themselves, but from their progeny.

The same questions we asked in January still apply.

If nobody can tell the difference, what's the problem?

Is it cruel to animals?

Should it be labeled?

On reporter's notebook, in early American history, Christmas was banned by Christians.

First, here's the news.

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D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Warman Alney, back with the Christmas Day program from the archives of To the Point. A year ago, the Department of Agriculture was worried that Americans

would refuse to eat meat from cloned animals, but the FDA called it safe, and that was that.

On To the Point, we'll talk to a top chef who says customers can't tell the difference,

but what about cost and cruelty to animals?

On reporter's notebook, we'll hear some little-known facts about the history of Christmas.

First, this news update. 2008 was supposed to be a good economic year, but it didn't turn out that

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