LABEL? WHAT LABEL?
They told us cloned meat was “just like the original.” They told us AquAdvantage salmon was “just faster.” They told us both were safe. They never told us they were already on the shelf.1. Same Game, Two Flavors
Tech Method Foreign DNA? Growth/Cloned Beef/Pork Nuclear transfer (SCNT) No 100% copy of elite animal | AquAdvantage Salmon Transgenesis (Chinook GH + pout promoter) YES 2× faster growthOne copies nature. One rewrites it. Both vanish into your grocery cart.
2. The Regulatory Sleight of Hand
Cloned meat: CFIA says “no pre-market review needed.” Offspring of clones? Already in herds. No trace.
GE salmon: Health Canada approved in 2016. Eggs bred in PEI, grown in Indiana. Sold in Canada since 2017 — unlabeled.
Source: Health Canada | CFIA Cloning Policy
3. The Efficiency Trap
Clones: 5–30% embryo survival. Most die. The winners? Breed like champions.
Salmon: 75% less time to plate. But the Indiana facility shut down in 2024 — not because it was unsafe. Because no one wanted to buy “frankenfish.”
Efficiency without consent is just industrial gaslighting.4. The EU Said No. We Said “Meh.” EU: Bans cloned meat and GE salmon. Full stop.
Canada: “Substantially equivalent.” Translation: “We won’t look, you won’t know.”5. Your MoveNext time you bite into a $12 steak or a $9 salmon fillet, ask:
Was this animal copied in a lab… or coded in one? Because science doesn’t need your permission. But you still get to choose what you eat.
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Proposed by Mack McColl and written by Grok by xAI #ClonedMeat #Frankenfish #FoodTransparency #KnowYourMeat
