Guardian

UK first European country to approve lab-grown meat, starting with pet food

Verge

The UK will start feeding lab-grown meat to pets this year

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The UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have signed off on pet food made from lab-grown meat made by the company Meatly. It is the first European country to do so.

The first lab-grown food are expected to hit store shelves near the end of the year after taste tests are conducted with dogs. The first of its products, which are made from animal cells, will be Meatly's cultivated chicken.

The Telegraph

This comes as the pet food industry is estimated to grow by 5% to $151B this year, with a recent UK poll showing 50% of pet owners willing to feed lab-grown meat to their animals and 32% saying they'd eat it themselves.

Lab-grown meat is real meat, but it's made by infusing nutrients into animal cells that divide and grow in a lab before they're mixed with vegetable protein, molded, and cooked. It's been approved faster in the UK since the country no longer needs to abide by the EU's stricter regulations.

BBC News

Meatly says its products are aimed at combatting "huge ethical and sustainability challenges," such as global warming. There are competing studies showing both cultivated meat and natural animal meat with higher or lower environmental impacts.

This comes as other countries, even those that have approved it for human consumption, face debates over its impact on the farming industry. US states like Alabama and Florida have banned it to protect livestock farmers.

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The livestock farming industry is one of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions and the destruction of the planet. While it's understandable to want to protect farmers, the truth is that without reducing the massive slaughter industry, there may not be land to farm in the future. If lab-grown meat is invested in now, it will give us time to combat other greenhouse gas emitters while building a slaughterless food supply for future generations.

UK Approves Lab-Grown Meat for Pet Food

UK Approves Lab-Grown Meat for Pet Food

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