Emergence of Lab-Grown Meat Poses New Questions for Religious Leaders (wsj.com)

Lab-grown meat is becoming closer to a reality. But this new technology poses new questions for people who typically avoid meat for religious or ethical reasons. An anonymous reader shares a report: Lab-grown meat has sparked a debate among rabbis in Israel about whether cell-cultured is the same as conventional meat and should fall under the same guidelines for keeping kosher. "There is a disagreement about it and there is a conversation. Also, definitely, there are new questions about lab-meat," says Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, an expert on kosher tradition and bioethics. WSJ has posted a video in which you can hear more from Rabbi Cherlow.

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Re:Why is there even a debate about this?

[Anonymous Coward]

because Jesus told you in the bible that you cannot eat lab grown meat... Hint, it doesn't say that.

And that's not what the summary or article are saying either. It's about kosher guidelines.

Also FYI, most Jews don't care what Jesus had to say anyway.

Re:Someone Somewhere

[mspohr]

If you'll read the Wikipedia article on lab grown meat, it requires lots of additives. Unlike plants which convert CO2 in air plus trace elements nitrogen and potassium, etc. to food, lab meat requires a "growth medium" and a collage "scaffold".
Cultured meat production requires a preservative, such as sodium benzoate, to protect the growing meat from yeast and fungus. Collagen powder, xanthan gum, mannitol and cochineal could be used in different ways during the process.[66]
They currently use "fetal bovine serum" (don't ask) as a growth medium.

One skeptic is Margaret Mellon of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who speculates that the energy and fossil fuel requirements of large-scale cultured meat production may be more environmentally destructive than producing food off the land.[28]

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