Britain is first country to approve lab-grown meat for pet food

The UK is the first country to permit lab-grown meat in pet food (The Times newspaper) which is manufactured by the company Meatly. The company has worked with Britton's regulators to ensure a smooth introduction of this animal friendly meat. The company intends to spend the next three years scaling up production and reducing the cost of its product.

Owen Ensor the chief executive said: 

"We're delighted to have worked proactively alongside the UK's regulators to showcase that Meatly chicken is safe and healthy for pets. We can now continue our mission to give consumers an easy choice; ensuring we can feed our beloved pets the real meat they need and crave, in a way that is kinder to our planet and other animals."

Israel, Singapore and the United States have approved it for human consumption.

The company likes to call their meat "cultivated" rather than use the term "lab-grown". Cells are taken from chicken eggs which are encouraged to multiply inside vats of nutrient-rich broth.

The product will be on sale later this year.

Britain permits Meatly cultivated meat in pet food by Michael Broad

A study by the consultancy CE Delft reported that it could cut the carbon emissions of meat by 92% while using 95% less land.

Brexit has allowed this development to occur before the rest of Europe.

An interesting development of this announcement is that farmers have for some time been fighting the development of cultivated meat because it undermines their businesses.

Sadly, farming is, you might argue, inherently linked with animal abuse because farmers have to make a profit and in making a profit one is encouraged to undermine animal welfare. The concept of profit-making within commerce is a barrier to good animal welfare.

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P.S. please forgive the occasional typo. These articles are written at breakneck speed using Dragon Dictate. I have to prepare them in around 20 mins.