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That's right, it's the "raw meat" factory!
The kind of meat that grows out of the factory!
U.S. food technology company Good Meat spent $61 million to set up Asia's largest cultured meat research and development and production facility in Singapore.
It is expected to be operational as early as next year!
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This "raw meat" is produced using bioreactors to multiply and grow cells.
Bioreactors have the nutrients and temperature needed to allow cells to multiply and become edible meat. This process takes four to six weeks.
Good Meat's 40,000-square-foot, two-story R&D and production facility will be located in Bedok Food City.
The company says that when the facility goes into operation next year, in addition to producing cultured meat, it will also be able to use cutting-edge technology to develop sustainable food.
The company hopes to provide the public with more lower-priced cultured meat options while meeting singapore's demand for chicken products.
Singapore approved the sale of cultured meat in 2020, becoming the first country in the world to sell cultured meat.
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Take a brief look at the pregenus of configuring meat today!
In 2013, the world's first burger made from cultured meat was born in the United States, which was grown from animal cell samples and eventually grown into edible tissue.
At the time, the meat might not have tasted right and cost so much that a hamburger made this way cost $330,000 (about 2.2 million yuan).
According to Science magazine, some startups in the United States and companies in other regions have begun to experiment with the mass production of these meats. For example, in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, Memphis Meats hopes to sell its own cultured meatballs, hot dogs and sausages on shelves over the next five years. Another company called Perfect Day is more aggressive and hopes to put such products on its shelves by the end of 2017.
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Throughout U.S. history, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulated meat, poultry, and eggs; The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the safety of food additives. The FDA also regulates foods or drugs produced by human tissues, blood, cells, and genes. However, the emerging cultured meat may not be subject to the above regulatory rules.
In order to be able to better regulate these meats.
The White House has released the latest manual and detailed inspection rules to guide U.S. agencies in regulating agricultural biotechnology. The National Academy of Science and Engineering and medical institutions in Washington, D.C., are learning extensively, hoping to set boundaries for future biotechnology developments and rules.
In addition to government efforts, industry leaders are also looking for ways to get cultured meat products to meet regulatory requirements. One way to do this is to show regulators that their products are as safe as existing food, and there are no obstacles to such testing. "Most food regulatory methods are to include new products in the ranks of already recognized products so that they can prove themselves safe." Isha Datar, CEO of new harvest, a nonprofit, said in an interview with Science magazine.
Many companies have adopted this approach, using cells and other biotechnologies to produce enzymes and proteins to add to food, said Vincent Sewalt, senior director of the industries at DuPont Biosciences. Yeast, for example, can be used to produce special amylase enzymes that can be added to foods to prolong the freshness of foods. Such food additives require FDA permission. In order to meet FDA standards, in the industry, companies often select bacteria that are known to be harmless and non-toxic, and then use these bacteria to produce their products.
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How is this meat grown?
In the case of muscle, for example, to cultivate meat is to take a small cell sample from a live chicken and feed the cells with sterile medium, the feeding process is like a chicken in the hen's belly.
When the meat is about the same size, it is made into edible chicken together with mung bean protein and breadcrumbs.
In 2021, cultivated chicken developed by U.S. food technology company Eat Just meets the Singapore Food Authority's safety requirements for new types of food and has been approved to make chicken nuggets for sale in Singapore.
This is the world's first regulatory approval for cultured meat, meaning Singapore will be the first country in the world to sell cultured meat.
Today, there are many startups and research laboratories around the world that are doing similar work, and the business has reached a wide range of beef, pork and high-end specialties such as bluefin tuna and foie gras...
If this technology matures, there will probably be no rare food in the world...
Eat whatever you want!
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