What do you call meat if it is grown in a lab?
What do you call a hamburger when the cow it came from is still alive? That what the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is trying to figure out. lol
Cell-based meat - AKA lab-grown, cultivated or cultured meat - scored $360m plus (US) in funding in 2020, per Food Drive.
https://www.fooddive.com/news/31b-invested-in-alternative-proteins-in-2020-report-says/596993/
It is meat. It is produced by taking cells from animals, then cultivating them in bioractors to grow meat in ~2-8 weeks -- no slaughter necessary. (Yay vegans! Yummy?)
https://gfi.org/science/the-science-of-cultivated-meat/
This isn't available in the US yet, but Singapore just approved it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/sin...-approval-for-lab-grown-meat-to-eat-just.html
USDA is on their way. Should be interesting.
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-re...ts-labeling-meat-and-poultry-products-derived
The US Cattlemen's Association thinks only meat from slaughtered animals should be called beef or meat.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020...lowly-on-labeling-lab-grown-meat-and-poultry/
Harvard Law School's Animal Law and Policy clinic is against banning common terms, arguing it could be unconstitutional
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020...lowly-on-labeling-lab-grown-meat-and-poultry/
You can weigh in with the USDA if you'd, like.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-rules
I think this is bizarre. A 2020 London art installation about growing steak from human cells was a tad bit controversial
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/design/Ouroboros-Steak-design-museum.html -- (Not sure if you'll be able to see this without a subscription, but feel free to actually do your own research)
Bon Apetit!
What do you call a hamburger when the cow it came from is still alive? That what the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is trying to figure out. lol
Cell-based meat - AKA lab-grown, cultivated or cultured meat - scored $360m plus (US) in funding in 2020, per Food Drive.
https://www.fooddive.com/news/31b-invested-in-alternative-proteins-in-2020-report-says/596993/
It is meat. It is produced by taking cells from animals, then cultivating them in bioractors to grow meat in ~2-8 weeks -- no slaughter necessary. (Yay vegans! Yummy?)
https://gfi.org/science/the-science-of-cultivated-meat/
This isn't available in the US yet, but Singapore just approved it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/sin...-approval-for-lab-grown-meat-to-eat-just.html
USDA is on their way. Should be interesting.
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-re...ts-labeling-meat-and-poultry-products-derived
The US Cattlemen's Association thinks only meat from slaughtered animals should be called beef or meat.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020...lowly-on-labeling-lab-grown-meat-and-poultry/
Harvard Law School's Animal Law and Policy clinic is against banning common terms, arguing it could be unconstitutional
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020...lowly-on-labeling-lab-grown-meat-and-poultry/
You can weigh in with the USDA if you'd, like.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-rules
I think this is bizarre. A 2020 London art installation about growing steak from human cells was a tad bit controversial
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/design/Ouroboros-Steak-design-museum.html -- (Not sure if you'll be able to see this without a subscription, but feel free to actually do your own research)
Bon Apetit!
