The Ethics of Producing <i>In Vitro</i> Meat

Schaefer, G. Owen; Savulescu, Julian

doi:10.1111/japp.12056

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“…Supportive but less emphatic is Pluhar (2010) who argues that from both utilitarian and rights-based viewpoints we should support cultured meat, although vegetarianism may be a superior moral response. Schaefer and Savulescu (2014) argue cultured meat development is permissible and worth promoting, especially from vegetarian perspectives. Chauvet (2018) argues animal dignity is not violated by producing cultured meat, and Van der Weele (2010) suggests we should invest in cultured meat to at least see if the benefits can be realised, although she notes they may not.…”

Section: Consumer Political and Regulatory Aspects Of Cultured Meatmentioning

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Bringing cultured meat to market: Technical, socio-political, and regulatory challenges in cellular agriculture

Stephens

Silvio

Dunsford³

et al. 2018

Trends in Food Science & Technology

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BackgroundCultured meat forms part of the emerging field of cellular agriculture. Still an early stage field it seeks to deliver products traditionally made through livestock rearing in novel forms that require no, or significantly reduced, animal involvement. Key examples include cultured meat, milk, egg white and leather. Here, we focus upon cultured meat and its technical, socio-political and regulatory challenges and opportunities.Scope and approachThe paper reports the thinking of an interdisciplinary team, all of whom have been active in the field for a number of years. It draws heavily upon the published literature, as well as our own professional experience. This includes ongoing laboratory work to produce cultured meat and over seventy interviews with experts in the area conducted in the social science work.Key findings and conclusionsCultured meat is a promising, but early stage, technology with key technical challenges including cell source, culture media, mimicking the in-vivo myogenesis environment, animal-derived and synthetic materials, and bioprocessing for commercial-scale production. Analysis of the social context has too readily been reduced to ethics and consumer acceptance, and whilst these are key issues, the importance of the political and institutional forms a cultured meat industry might take must also be recognised, and how ambiguities shape any emergent regulatory system.

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Section: Consumer Political and Regulatory Aspects Of Cultured Meatmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bringing cultured meat to market: Technical, socio-political, and regulatory challenges in cellular agriculture

Stephens

Silvio

Dunsford³

et al. 2018

Trends in Food Science & Technology

443

430

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“…Given the American public’s general reluctance to sacrifice meat from their diet, this new approach to meat production may be met with some apprehension. Since the development of the IVM concept, research has examined the practical and philosophical components of IVM [ 13 – 15 ]. However, thus far, public perception remains relatively unexamined.…”

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Attitudes to in vitro meat: A survey of potential consumers in the United States

2017

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Positivity towards meat consumption remains strong, despite evidence of negative environmental and ethical outcomes. Although awareness of these repercussions is rising, there is still public resistance to removing meat from our diets. One potential method to alleviate these effects is to produce in vitro meat: meat grown in a laboratory that does not carry the same environmental or ethical concerns. However, there is limited research examining public attitudes towards in vitro meat, thus we know little about the capacity for it be accepted by consumers. This study aimed to examine perceptions of in vitro meat and identify potential barriers that might prevent engagement. Through conducting an online survey with US participants, we identified that although most respondents were willing to try in vitro meat, only one third were definitely or probably willing to eat in vitro meat regularly or as a replacement for farmed meat. Men were more receptive to it than women, as were politically liberal respondents compared with conservative ones. Vegetarians and vegans were more likely to perceive benefits compared to farmed meat, but they were less likely to want to try it than meat eaters. The main concerns were an anticipated high price, limited taste and appeal and a concern that the product was unnatural. It is concluded that people in the USA are likely to try in vitro meat, but few believed that it would replace farmed meat in their diet.

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“…Cultured meat is often described in media and academic discussions as a more humane or ethical way to produce animal flesh for human consumption as it reduces animal suffering (Hopkins and Dacey 2008 ; Schaefer and Savulescu 2014 ). It is also frequently reported that cultured meat could represent a healthier option than conventional meat, in part because of the more sterile production environment, and in part because of the heavy use of antibiotics in meat-producing animals as a source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (see for example, Zaraska 2016 ).…”

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The coverage of cultured meat in the US and UK traditional media, 2013–2019: drivers, sources, and competing narratives

2020

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‘Cultured’ meat has attracted a considerable amount of investor and media interest as an early-stage technology. Despite uncertainties about its future impact, news media may be contributing to promissory discourses, by stressing the potential benefits from cultured meat to the environment, health, animal welfare, and feeding a growing population. The results from a content analysis of 255 articles from 12 US and UK traditional media from 2013 to 2019 show that much of the coverage is prompted by the industry sector, whose representatives are also the most quoted. Positive narratives about cultured meat are much more prominent than cautionary ones. Our findings support previous scholarship on other emerging technologies which concluded that with important variations, media treatments are largely positive.

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The Ethics of Producing In Vitro Meat

Cited by 92 publications

References 25 publications

Bringing cultured meat to market: Technical, socio-political, and regulatory challenges in cellular agriculture

Bringing cultured meat to market: Technical, socio-political, and regulatory challenges in cellular agriculture

Attitudes to in vitro meat: A survey of potential consumers in the United States

The coverage of cultured meat in the US and UK traditional media, 2013–2019: drivers, sources, and competing narratives

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