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- cross-posted to:
- usa@lemmy.ml
Legislators there and in several other states want to restrict the manufacture or sale of meat made in a laboratory, even though it barely exists. The space industry disagrees.
Lab grown meat.
It sounds like a plotline from a sci-fi movie about test-tube chicken fingers, but it’s a real thing.
Start-up companies around the world are competing to develop technologies for producing chicken, beef, salmon and other options without the need to raise and slaughter animals. China has made the development of the industry a priority. In the United States, the Department of Agriculture has given initial blessings to two producers.
Now, a measure in Florida that would ban sales of laboratory-grown meat has gained widespread attention beyond state borders. The bill, which is advancing through the Florida Legislature, would make the sale or manufacture of lab-grown meat a misdemeanor with a fine of $1,000. It’s one of a half-dozen similar measures in Arizona, Tennessee, West Virginia and elsewhere.
Opponents of lab-grown meat include beef and poultry associations worried that laboratory-made hamburgers or chicken nuggets could cut into their business.
But are they so powerful that they are influencing legislation to this degree? I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer was yes, but I feel like there have to be other groups against it. Is there a religious angle? Do people just think it’s icky? I’m genuinely curious.
Pure capitalism, institutionalized corruption.
It’s only a few thousand to purchase your very own member of US congress.
Probably only a few hundred or a nice dinner or a junket to the strip club to buy a state rep or senator.
its always money, and in this case also precedent.
other red-neck, anti-human states can then follow whatever florida does to prevent the free market from correcting for animal torture.
money
Agriculture is huge business. They’ve been very happy with their business, especially given all the subsidies they get. They don’t want to lose business, even given the environmental cost.