Please let the FDA know that you do not want animals to be cloned, and that you want the FDA to instate a mandatory moratorium on the sale of food products from cloned animals and their offspring until the ethical, animal welfare, and human safety issues have been addressed. We have provided you with a sample letter below that you can email fdadockets@oc.fda.gov or print and mail to the FDA (after signing and printing your name). While every comment the FDA receives is helpful, it is often even more effective if you can personalize your letter. Thank you for your support!

Andrew C. Von Eschenbach
Acting Commissioner
Division of Dockets Management
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 (HFA-305)
Rockville, MD 20852

Dear Commissioner Von Eschenbach,

I would like to express my support for the petition submitted by the Center for Food Safety, the American Anti-Vivisection Society, and several other animal welfare, consumer, and environmental organizations seeking regulation of cloned animals (Docket Number 2006P-0415). I do not want food from cloned animals or their offspring in my grocery store as I have numerous serious concerns about the effects of animal cloning on animal welfare, food safety, and the environment. The FDA needs to address these concerns thoroughly and rigorously before deciding if cloned animals can be approved for the marketplace. In the meantime, I would like the FDA to instate a mandatory moratorium on the sale of cloned food products to ensure that no cloned foods contaminate our food supply.

Key points:

I am highly concerned that cloning is neither safe nor effective for the cloned animals or the surrogate mothers. On average, only 0.4-5% of cloned embryos will be delivered, and of those that survive, severe health problems and abnormalities are common.

Moreover, I, like 63% of Americans, have serious ethical qualms regarding animal cloning and want the FDA to consider those issues before making decisions on animal cloning. Just because a food can be produced does not mean that it should.

In addition, I am not confident that milk and meat from cloned animals is safe for human consumption, and I also have concerns about the impact that the widespread introduction of cloned animals would have on biodiversity, ecosystems, and the environment in general.

These are issues which the public needs to be involved in, and which need to be addressed through the new animal drug application process, the preparation of an environmental impact statement, and the establishment of an ethics Advisory Committee. These steps are necessary to maintain my trust and faith in the FDA¹s ability to ensure my safety and represent my interests as a consumer.

Sincerely,