EUROACTIVE: Cultured meat could be on the EU market ‘as early as 2022’

By Natasha Foote| EURACTIV.com

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The over-consumption of meat from intensive, industrial livestock farming is increasingly being recognised as a serious problem.

Various solutions have been proposed to counter this problem, such as the possible introduction of a “livestock levy” that cuts meat consumption from diets, in a move that could avoid up to $600 billion in climate damages by 2050. However, although lab-grown meat might sound as though it belongs in the realms of science fiction, it is increasingly emerging as a viable meat alternative. 

A number of startups across Europe have started to invest in the technology. For instance, Dutch startup ‘Meatable’ has raised €9M which will allow the company to host a tasting of its first prototype of lab-grown pork by summer 2020. 

‘Mosa Meat’, the company that produced the worlds first ever lab-grown burger, has said it is aiming to get cultured hamburgers on the market in Europe in the first half of 2022.

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