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    Default NEWS Lab-grown meat receives its first regulatory approval in Singapore

    Singapore’s food regulatory agency has just approved the sale of cultured meat developed by US start-up Eat Just. This is the first time that any nation has allowed the sale of synthetic meat grown from animal cells. It can now be sold in the country as an ingredient in ‘chicken bites’.



    ‘Our chicken is not “artificial”,’ says Eat Just spokesperson Andrew Noyes. ‘Cultured meat is made from animal cells, the same input and essential composition of conventional meat,’ he explains.

    In order to obtain the approval of Singapore’s food agency, Eat Just provided extensive documentation on the characterisation of its cultured chicken, and the process used to produce the product. The company also detailed the purity, identity and stability of chicken cells during the manufacturing process, and proved that the product met quality controls and safety thresholds.

    Eat Just completed more than 20 production runs of its cultured chicken product in 1200 litre bioreactors, and the company says its proprietary process does not use antibiotics. ‘Safety and quality validations demonstrated that harvested cultured chicken met the standards of poultry meat, with extremely low and significantly cleaner microbiological content than conventional chicken,’ the company stated.

    The analysis further revealed that the product has a high protein content, more diverse amino acid composition, relatively high levels of monounsaturated fats, and is a rich source of minerals. ‘I’m sure that our regulatory approval for cultured meat will be the first of many in Singapore and in countries around the globe,’ said Josh Tetrick, the company’s co-founder and chief executive

    Alternatives to traditional meat are increasingly popular amid health, animal welfare and environmental concerns. While such meat substitutes have traditionally been based on plant materials, culturing meat from animal cells is an emerging area.

    In October, Eat Just announced a partnership to build and operate the largest plant protein production facility in Singapore. The goal was to help meet demand for the company’s plant-based egg substitute – made from mung bean protein isolate – across Asia.

    ‘Cultivated meat will mark an enormous advance in our efforts to create a food supply that is safe, secure and sustainable, and Singapore is leading the way on this transition,’ said Bruce Friedrich, executive director of the Washington DC-based international non-profit Good Food Institute. ‘A new space race for the future of food is underway.’

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    My only fear is that it would give more power to multinational companies and that it would weaken populations' food autonomy. What do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laly View Post

    My only fear is that it would give more power to multinational companies and that it would weaken populations' food autonomy. What do you think?
    My guess is that something like this might end up being a small niche product, but probably not threaten food autonomy.

    There is a strangeness to the whole concept, so they culture these cells, and "grow" the chicken meat? I won't be the first in line for this stuff..



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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.G View Post
    My guess is that something like this might end up being a small niche product, but probably not threaten food autonomy.

    There is a strangeness to the whole concept, so they culture these cells, and "grow" the chicken meat? I won't be the first in line for this stuff..


    Ahah! Maybe you're right. We'll see.

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    Great idea, I support this project. We need to replace animal meat with acceptable supplement that isn't unhealthy. Animals should not be killed for food in developed world.

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    Finally I get to eat meat again

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