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Beyond the chocolate-covered kind and snails, I haven’t eaten bugs that I can remember— intentionally anyway other than the bugs allowable in processed food. The last time I wrote on lab-grown meat, it wasn’t approved in the US. I will try them at least once. 25% of all protein consumed by humans is of insect origin. Mostly larvae/grubs, in Africa & Asia. Darn globalists.
Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the United States.
Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make what they call “cultivated chicken,” said Wednesday that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture to start producing their cell-based proteins.
Good Meat, which is owned by plant-based egg substitute maker Eat Just, said that production is starting immediately. Cultivated or lab-grown meat is grown in a giant vat, much like what you’d find at a beer brewery.
Wednesday’s move follows a series of previous approvals which have paved the way for sales of cultivated meat in the US.
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The nascent cultivated meat sector is being overseen by both the USDA and the FDA.
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The ban could be thought of as a preemptive effort to make sure things stay that way — and it likely is — but it’s also a dog whistle to a certain subset of DeSantis’ base that believes in a conspiracy theory about so-called “globalists” forcing us to eat bugs and live in pods. The theory, often referred to as the “Great Reset,” first took off in 2020. It’s named after a World Economic Forum initiative that urged governments to use the pandemic to promote sustainable development. Right-wing commentators conflated the Great Reset initiative with a 2016 World Economic Forum blog post about bug protein and a 2013 book about insect farming published by the United Nations.
Ultimately, Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat has nothing to do with insect protein or the World Economic Forum — but DeSantis certainly wants voters to think it does.
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“To that I say Florida has heard enough on that.” Ron DeSantis is banning lab grown meat and insect protein, even though frozen iguanas fall out of trees there.
Tyson Foods, a well-known meat producer in the U.S., has recently ventured into insect protein production. They've partnered with Protix, a company specializing in insect-based ingredients, to establish a factory in the U.S. that will focus on producing sustainable protein sources from insects. -- However, it's important to note that these insect proteins are intended for use in animal feed, particularly for pets, poultry, and fish, rather than for direct human consumption at THIS stage.
Tyson Foods is up to its eyeballs in controversy. Between its promise to hire illegal workers to its plans to introduce "insect protein" into its food products, the company has faced widespread scrutiny.
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