My understanding is that often there ARE problems with cloned animals, because the cloning process is nowhere near perfection. While their genome is identical to another animal, cloned animals have tendencies toward shorter lifespans and odd disorders than are not present in the donor animal. And it supposedly can be traced back to demethylation/remethylation patterns in the early embryo.
Will it affect the animal's meat and those that consume it? Probably not. On paper at least. Personally, I'm a bit iffy on the subject. Okay very iffy. But we've all been eating GE/GM stuff for years and most do just fine on that. The beef we eat is very hormone heavy (heh and I've been noticing people younger than me keep getting taller and taller, I wonder if there's a connection 😉 ). While I don't think its "unsafe" exactly, I do feel that issues can stem from it. But not everybody can afford organic hormone/antibiotic free, free-range etc meat. Soooo in conclusion if a client asks how safe it is, I can tell them that research thus far says it is safe. If I really like the client I might share my feelings on uncanniness with regard to the whole thing.
Anyway I'll shut up about this before I piss off the people who actually know a thing or two about food animals any further.
