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The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
« on: February 21, 2018, 09:52:30 pm »
The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
Leanna Garfield   9 hours ago   
http://www.businessinsider.com/beef-companies-file-petition-against-lab-grown-meat-startups-2018-2



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  • The US Cattlemen's Association (USCA) has filed a petition to the USDA arguing that lab-grown meat startups should not be able to call their products "meat," since they do not come from slaughtered animals.
  • Though so-called "cultured meat" products are not available in restaurants or supermarkets yet, a number of startups are attempting to make it more commercially feasible.
  • The debate will likely intensify.

For the first time, a major part of the US beef industry is taking aim at tech startups creating cultured meat — also known as lab-grown meat or clean meat — that's grown in a lab using animal cells.

The US Cattlemen's Association (USCA) has filed a 15-page petition to the USDA asking the agency to strictly define "meat" and "beef" as animals raised and slaughtered.

The group, comprised of farmers across the US, argues that lab-grown meat does not meet that definition, and that labeling cultured products as "meat" will confuse consumers.

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Re: The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2018, 07:30:03 am »
Fake meat could good for deep space missions.
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Re: The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2018, 07:41:57 am »
Gotta say I hope this passes. 
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Re: The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2018, 12:17:49 am »
Quote from: driftdiver on February 23, 2018, 07:41:57 am
Gotta say I hope this passes.
The lab grown beef or the battle? :whistle:
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Re: The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2018, 12:54:04 am »
Crazy thought.

You can label your "meat" as naturally grown or lab raised, and customers can choose.

If you lie, you are liable under existing laws against fraud.

No new laws, agencies, regulations, etc, necessary.
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