[Avodah] Kashrut of Cloning

[Rich, Joel]

http://www.foodqualitynews.com/news/ng.asp?id=13575-fda-declares-cloning

A few questions to think about:
1) Are cloned animals kosher at all? 

2) If kosher, are they still considered meat?
2b) does it matter if they were "born" from a test tube or by implanting
them into a uterus?

3) If they aren't kosher, will Chalav Yisroel become an absolute Chiyuv
in America again? 
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These questions have been touched on in a number of shiurim on YUTORAH,
much more in depth w/r/t related questions with  humans.  My general
take is the jury is out, the mekorot are sparse, and the final decisions
will be more  lev shel torah ones.  BTW I'd add what is the status of
their natural descendants.
 
KT
Joel Rich
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