UK First European Country To Approve Lab-grown Meat, Starting With Pet Food (theguardian.com) 43
Lab-grown pet food is to hit UK shelves as Britain becomes the first country in Europe to approve cultivated meat. From a report: The Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have approved the product from the company Meatly. It is thought there will be demand for cultivated pet food, as animal lovers face a dilemma about feeding their pets meat from slaughtered livestock.
Research suggests the pet food industry has a climate impact similar to that of the Philippines, the 13th most populous country in the world. A study by the University of Winchester found that 50% of surveyed pet owners would feed their pets cultivated meat, while 32% would eat it themselves. The Meatly product is cultivated chicken. It is made by taking a small sample from a chicken egg, cultivating it with vitamins and amino acids in a lab, then growing cells in a container similar to those in which beer is fermented. The result is a pate-like paste.
Research suggests the pet food industry has a climate impact similar to that of the Philippines, the 13th most populous country in the world. A study by the University of Winchester found that 50% of surveyed pet owners would feed their pets cultivated meat, while 32% would eat it themselves. The Meatly product is cultivated chicken. It is made by taking a small sample from a chicken egg, cultivating it with vitamins and amino acids in a lab, then growing cells in a container similar to those in which beer is fermented. The result is a pate-like paste.
Vegan pet food (Score:2)
I wonder what the customer actually thinks [pinimg.com].
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Customer vs Consumer (Score:2)
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It is worth noting that int he UK elite parlance 'Pet' also covers the 'inferior classes'.
No, it's just a term of affection used in some accents where others might say "mate", "pal", "marra", "hinny", "duck" or "love" etc.
No need to get all classist about it pet. Just don't use it if you're a man addressing another man; they'll think you're a bit peculiar.
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It is worth noting that int he UK elite parlance 'Pet' also covers the 'inferior classes'.
No, it's just a term of affection used in some accents where others might say "mate", "pal", "marra", "hinny", "duck" or "love" etc.
No need to get all classist about it pet. Just don't use it if you're a man addressing another man; they'll think you're a bit peculiar.
To be a bit more accurate, it's a term for your significant other, it's similar to saying "dear", "hun" or "love" (or "amor" if you speak Spanish). It's popular in the north east of England (mainly around the Newcastle area).
Its more regional than about class.
When using pet in general, people will know you're talking about your furry friends as "pet" as a pet name is highly contextual (I.E. you're directly addressing someone).
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Thanks Brexit, Finally we can feed plebes... (Score:3)
Finally, thanks to Brexit, our Graces can feed plebes with whatever we like - unbound by those pesky EU food safety regulations...
And our pet billionaires will be happy to share their profits with us...
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Have all the brown people left yet?
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Gordon Brown? Yes, he left. Grey is nowhere to be seen these days.
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UK is not part of Europe you uneducated plebeian.
Much as brexiteers would have loved it to happen, the British Isles did not stop being part of Europe after exit day. EU, yes. Europe, no.
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UK is not part of Europe you uneducated plebeian.
Much as brexiteers would have loved it to happen, the British Isles did not stop being part of Europe after exit day. EU, yes. Europe, no.
Yep, most butthurt brexiteers still seethe with rage that they can't just strap an outboard to Kent and head further out into the North Sea.
Their chief dickhead, Nigel Farage, has just abandoned Clackton to head over to the US to service Trump.
The UK is a nation, located geographically in Europe... Just like France, Spain and Germany who also have their own national identities. Culturally I think we've more in common with Europe.
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UK is not part of Europe you uneducated plebeian.
I wouldn't hurl insults at people while at the same time showing you don't understand that Europe != European Union. UK very much is part of Europe. It's not part of America, nor is it its own continent.
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Ha ! You caught me ! Like all aristocrats i am less educated than the most "common" people and yet i can hurl insults....cause i'm too stupid !
Loving this persona
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Yeah that's what an education at Eaton gives you these days.
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Re: UK European ? (Score:3)
The Isle of Man is not part of the UK, it is a self-governing British Crown Dependency.
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I donâ(TM)t need to look anything up, itâ(TM)s you who should take the time for some for self education. None of the Crown Dependencies or British Overseas Territories are part of the UK. Maybe the Isle of Man is confusing to some because itâ(TM)s uniquely part of the British Isles whereas as the others are not close by.
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I beleaf in the power of bio-tech! (Score:2)
The Animal and Plant Health Agency, you say? Perfect! Maybe they can figure out a way to get rid of the middle man, and modify our pets so they use chlorophyll and sunlight to make their own pet food. Of course, it would no longer be possible to blame the dog for those unexplained aromas. Rover would be taking in carbon dioxide at one end, and producing oxygen at the other. Or perhaps they could be slightly less radical, and make your pets actual vegans.
Just think: your pet could take a leek right on
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The cat died, when she discussed this with her vet, he instructed her that cats specifically cannot be vegetarians. their digestive tracts gather almost no nutrients from a strict vegan diet. She was very angry and stated that he was wrong...
but the cat was still dead regardless of her feelings about it.
My vegan cat will be so delighted! (Score:2)
This is all she ever could have asked for, if she could speak!
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as animal lovers face a dilemma about feeding their pets meat from slaughtered livestock.
Nope, not at all. Can we at least qualify that with "some" ? As far as I understand, that's actually a small minority. Tiny even.
Dogs eat pretty much everything, but cats are obligatory carnivores. They can't survive on a plant-based diet for long. Everyone who gets a cat knows that (if not, shame on you for not educating yourself before taking a pet). So at that point you need to make your ethical decision. Either you accept that your pet eats meat, or you get a different pet. It really is that simple.
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Strictly speaking, the animal didn't make a sacrifice, because it didn't die voluntarily.
But yes, I agree. When I cook, the cats get the pieces of meat that I cut away (and a bit more just because). Throwing out meat does feel wrong.
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it seems disrespectful to waste food in a world where some are hungry.
That, frankly speaking, is looking at it the wrong way around.
Hunger is the natural result of a species population exceeding the ability of the environment to support its numbers. Followed by starvation, which brings the numbers back down to a sustainable level.
The wrong in all of this is that we humans found ways to support our species well beyond the sustainable levels. We're the predators who hunt their prey to extinction until they themselves die out because there's none left. Except that our prey isn't
Cultivated meat is legal in Switzerland since 1 y. (Score:1)
Typical pet food (Score:3)
Look at the ingredients of a typical can of dog food some time. The Beef variety will say in the fine print it's 80% meat of which 15% is beef. The Chicken will say in the fine print that it's 80% meat of which 15% is chicken. So it's same product regardless of what the label says. Maybe food colouring or some other simple recipe alteration will be applied to make it look slightly different to the human scooping it out of the can but it's the same.
Offal, blood, skin and carcasses (chicken, beef, pig, fish, sheep, goat, horse, duck etc) go in one end, it becomes a meaty slurry which is turned into product. A byproduct of the food industry - stuff not fit for human consumption that becomes animal feed (including pets) or fertilizer. As disgusting as the input is to this system, it's meat and cheap and its what the majority consumers feed their pets. There are of course premium brands which are a bit more specific about the content of the cans but I suspect even these are using byproduct, just more selectively. e.g. maybe somebody feeds their dog premium food containing elk or bison but likely it's byproduct all the same.
So I question who would buy lab grown meat. Maybe some vegans will pay a premium for something which is meat but isn't meat. Maybe it'll be better than whatever vegan garbage they're inflicting on their carnivorous pets right now. But that's a pretty niche market.
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