Beating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the draw, the European Food Safety Authority became the first major scientific assessment body to declare cloned meat fit for human consumption. The EFSA issued a draft opinion that cloned pork, beef, lamb and chicken were equally as nutritious and healthy to eat as meat from natural-born animals.

Before the end of December, there were reports the U.S. FDA is set to issue its own conclusions, which are similar to the EFSA findings. However, the FDA has not yet formally issued a statement on the matter.

The EFSA said, "It is very unlikely that any difference exists in terms of food safety between food products from clones and their progeny compared with conventionally-bred animals."

But the British Food Standards Agency said it may take a while before cloned meat end up in British homes because of the high cost of cloning. Most of the cloned animals are used in laboratories for breeding purposes. The BFSA said it will study the EFSA's conclusion and issue a comment on it.

Throughout the 27-member European Union, there are only 100 cloned cattle, while worldwide it is only estimated to reach 4,000 cloned cattle and 1,500 cloned pigs.