Lab-Grown Meat Under Attack
It looks like meat, tastes like meat and is made from real animal cells, but lab-grown meat is under attack.
Florida and Alabama don’t want you to try it. Why?
John Stossel reports that the USDA and FDA have both approved lab-grown chicken in the U.S. But farmers and ranchers fear the competition. They worry it could threaten traditional food production.
Stossel says now they’ve lobbied and convinced some politicians to ban it. “I asked one lobbyist, “Why not let us consumers decide? Why are you bribing politicians to ban it?” His reponse: “The government has a legitimate role in ensuring that we have an abundant and affordable and safe food supply—you can’t say that about this lab grown meat.”
Stossel says having another option will make our food supply more resistant to disruption. He explains further and argues that it’s wrong when politicians make that decision for us.
