by Spence Cooper on 12/04/09 at 9:39 am
This Could Be Your next piece of Bacon
For the first time, scientists in Holland claim to have grown meat in the laboratory by using cells from a live pig to replicate growth in a petri dish. They suggest sausages and other processed products can now be artificially manufactured from laboratory meat in as little as five years’ time. The scientists extracted cells from the muscle of a live pig, then incubated the cells in a solution containing nutrients to encourage them to multiply indefinitely.
The project was backed by a sausage manufacturer and has received millions from the Dutch government which also seeks additional public funds for the project. That means the public is funding a program for a product private companies will eventually sell back to them for a profit.
Times Online writer Lois Rogers notes that the experiments in Holland follow the creation of “fish fillets” derived from goldfish muscle cells in New York and pave the way for laboratory-grown chicken, beef and lamb. Bear in mind that if the FDA approves this so-called “in-vitro” or cultured meat in the U.S., as they have with cloned meat and dairy products, they’re unlikely to require any labeling in supermarkets.
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