The January 15, 2008 ruling by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared that meat and milk from cloned animals is safe for human consumption. What this means to you and I is that increasingly, there will be food derived from cloned animals on our grocer’s shelves and on our breakfast tables. The following article provides a starting point for understanding this newest development. In the months to come we will examine ways that people of African decent can safeguard themselves against genetically engineered food, cloned food and the overabundance of toxicity in our food supply.