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'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S. (www.npr.org)

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Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.

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[–] GordomeansPhat@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I wonder if it would be considered vegan? Technically not harming an animal, right?

[–] zalack@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

It depends on whether you consider the conditions under which the original cells were donated as part of the product.

[–] Umbrias 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

To be honest it feels like making perfect the enemy of good if the initial cell lines able to support billions of cows worth of meat without killing those cows at the sacrifice of a few cows in the first place. But there are plenty of idealists out there who would reject that train of thought, so oh well.

But we'll get there either way.

[–] dancedancedance 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure but vegans can already eat other food just fine without needing this.

[–] Umbrias 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Many many vegans very much want others to stop eating meat as well. Notably because there's no ethical way to eat or consume almost anything under veganism until animals aren't being exploited for it. What's more, even many non-vegans would be happy with that world, I for one would be extremely happy in a world where we can produce synthetic versions of animal products.

The issue is a little more complex than "vegans can just eat other things"

[–] dancedancedance 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I agree I'm just saying:

If vegans object that's fine/won't affect these products.
No one eating animals today would have any moral conflict about eating these kind of meat. Since they already kill and eat a much more living thing.

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