If it’s cloned, it’s not treyf, apparently
An Orthodox rabbi in Israel has declared the consumption of pork kosher — as long as it comes from genetically cloned pigs. Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, the head of the ethics department of the Tzohar organization and the Orot Shaul yeshiva said in an interview with Ynet that eating genetically engineered cloned meat should be considered kosher, even with dairy products.
Halacha, or religious Jewish law, bans the consumption of non-kosher foods including pork, shellfish, and dairy eaten with meat produced from a live animal. But in the interview, Cherlow pushed for rabbinic approval of cloned meat. He cited hunger, pollution, and the suffering of animals as his main reasons, according to a report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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