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Is there any other reason for this than protecting meat industries and/or cultural reasons?

casey2 2y ago
Is there any other reason for lab meat than destroying American industry and changing it's evil culture that causes all the worlds problems?
- amenhotep 2y ago
  America, famously all about banning things unless there's a reason for them to exist What a facile comment even taken on its own ridiculous terms
- bluSCALE4 2y ago
  Lost me on the second half.
- amarcheschi 2y ago
  Yes, in case your comment weren't a joke: animals not being slaughtered is quite an important reason. I eat meat but I'd me much happier to eat less cruel meat
potato3732842 2y ago
"Cultural reasons" is why some states mandate cage free eggs, to much applause from the HN demographics. One could charitably interpret it as trying to get ahead of next decade's "turns out that shit we spend all last decade telling you to eat isn't good in large doses" problem. That said, I disagree with this law because I expect lab grown meat to beat normal meat in certain use cases (namely making lean ground beef cheaper) very shortly after it becomes economically viable.
- StefanBatory 2y ago
  Okay, your argument is fair enough - I'll admit that.
belorn 2y ago
There are two part to the bill. One is about preventing food products from being created using cultured animal cells. The other part is about marketing and labeling, and it also include plant based food products and insect based food products. Similar to trademark, it limits things from being called meat. Out of those, the article only brings a rationale for the second part. It is similar to the EU discussion around oat milk being called milk, or stuff like vegan butter, vegan cheese and so on. On a personal note, I am sympathetic to limit labeling of alternative meat as meat. Just the other day here in Sweden, I noticed in the supermarket that next to the ground beef there was a new product with the product name "household ground beef", with a fairly reduced price. However after looking a bit closer I noticed a small fine print at the bottom, barely visible light white text over a white-yellow background, that said 70% beef, 30% plant based material. It is a very obvious attempt to mislead consumers, and given online reactions, many have been.
- StefanBatory 2y ago
  The part about marketing/labeling is a fair one - I haven't thought about that.

Is there any other reason for lab meat than destroying American industry and changing it's evil culture that causes all the worlds problems?

amenhotep 2y ago
America, famously all about banning things unless there's a reason for them to exist What a facile comment even taken on its own ridiculous terms
bluSCALE4 2y ago
Lost me on the second half.
amarcheschi 2y ago
Yes, in case your comment weren't a joke: animals not being slaughtered is quite an important reason. I eat meat but I'd me much happier to eat less cruel meat

potato3732842 2y ago

"Cultural reasons" is why some states mandate cage free eggs, to much applause from the HN demographics. One could charitably interpret it as trying to get ahead of next decade's "turns out that shit we spend all last decade telling you to eat isn't good in large doses" problem. That said, I disagree with this law because I expect lab grown meat to beat normal meat in certain use cases (namely making lean ground beef cheaper) very shortly after it becomes economically viable.

StefanBatory 2y ago
Okay, your argument is fair enough - I'll admit that.

belorn 2y ago

There are two part to the bill. One is about preventing food products from being created using cultured animal cells. The other part is about marketing and labeling, and it also include plant based food products and insect based food products. Similar to trademark, it limits things from being called meat. Out of those, the article only brings a rationale for the second part. It is similar to the EU discussion around oat milk being called milk, or stuff like vegan butter, vegan cheese and so on. On a personal note, I am sympathetic to limit labeling of alternative meat as meat. Just the other day here in Sweden, I noticed in the supermarket that next to the ground beef there was a new product with the product name "household ground beef", with a fairly reduced price. However after looking a bit closer I noticed a small fine print at the bottom, barely visible light white text over a white-yellow background, that said 70% beef, 30% plant based material. It is a very obvious attempt to mislead consumers, and given online reactions, many have been.

StefanBatory 2y ago
The part about marketing/labeling is a fair one - I haven't thought about that.