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The Report: Cloned Cow Meat

Cloned Cow Meat

26/08/2010

BBC Radio 4 - The Report, Cloned Cow Meat

Nadene Ghouri investigates how meat from the offspring of a cloned cow was eaten in the UK

Nadene Ghouri investigates how meat from the offspring of a cloned cow came to be sold and eaten in the UK.

Meat from the offspring of a cloned cow has been sold and eaten in the UK. Nadene Ghouri investigates how it happened and asks whether anyone is likely to be at risk. She traces the animal's journey from Wisconsin in the US to a dairy herd in the Scottish Highlands, and finds out how the international market in animal embryos made it all possible.

Producer: Monica Soriano.

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