Switzerland has imposed a ban and is monitoring compliance in genetics from cloned animals

Published Nov 8, 2022

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Since 2019, Switzerland's AQ-Viande Suisse program has prohibited the keeping and breeding of animals with clones in their ancestry, due to consumer skepticism about cloning. In 2022, inspections found that some farms had violated this rule, either unknowingly purchasing animals from non-compliant farms or willfully ignoring the regulation. These farms face fines and potential exclusion from the program. AQ-Viande Suisse urges cattle buyers to verify the animals' ancestry certificates and ensures that semen doses for insemination do not originate from cloned animals. The majority of Swiss breeders do not use cloned animal genetics, and more information can be found on the AQ-Viande Suisse website.

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Agriquali press release of November 8, 2022 AQ-Viande Suisse controllers also verify that genetics from cloned animals is not used. However, it happens that a few rare farms have not complied with the regulations in force. Consumers in Switzerland view everything related to cloning with skepticism. This is why the basic program AQ-Viande Suisse has prohibited since 2019 the keeping and breeding of animals with clones in their ancestry, as decided by the Swiss Farmers' Union in agreement with the breeding federations. and major distributors of genetic engineering. Checks carried out as part of the AQ-Viande Suisse program in 2022 revealed that some farms violated the ban on the use of genetics from cloned animals. Some of them had bought cows from other farms that did not meet the requirements and claimed not to be aware of any clones in the ancestry of these animals. As AQ-Viande Suisse prohibits both the use of genetics from cloned animals for breeding and the keeping of animals ...

Source: sbv