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NEW YORK: Academics say they have created what sounds like a nutritional holy grail: cloned pigs that make their own omega-3 fatty acids, potentially leading to bacon and pork chops that might help your heart.

Omega-3 fatty acids, which have been linked to a lowered incidence of heart disease, are primarily found in fish. No one knows whether they would have the same effect if eaten in pork.

Government approval for such genetically modified foods is certain to face strong opposition from some consumer groups. Some already object to feeding farm animals genetically modified grain. The legal director for the non-profit group Centre for Food Safety, Joseph Mendelson, said genetically modifying the animals themselves and cloning them would be "a double whammy. I am confident that consumers would not want them."