Animal Cloning Risk Assessment; Risk Management Plan; Guidance for Industry; Availability

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a risk assessment on animal cloning. FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) developed this risk assessment to evaluate the health risks to animals involved in the process of cloning and to evaluate the food consumption risks that may result from edible products derived from animal clones or their progeny. FDA is also announcing the availability of a risk management plan for animal clones and their progeny. The risk management plan takes into account the risks identified in the risk assessment and sets out measures that FDA will use to manage those risks. In addition, FDA is announcing availability of guidance for industry 179. This guidance describes FDA's recommendations regarding the use of edible products from animal clones and their progeny in human food or in animal feed.