Controversial Issues: In Vitro Meat

Lab-grown meat, otherwise known as synthetic meat, or cultured meat is made “using muscle tissue from animal stem cells in a lab rather than harvesting from livestock” (Hultin). Consuming lab-grown meat will be healthier than traditional meats. Vitamins and minerals could be enhanced in lab-grown meats, the unhealthy components such as saturated fat could be decreased in lab-grown meats, and diseases and pathogens that come from animals could be eliminated in lab-grown meats (Hultin). By removing the unhealthy elements and keeping the beneficial nutrients of lab-grown meats will help to sustain Earth’s growing population if there was an issue with food security. Also, producing lab-grown meats will positively impact the environment. As stated by Ginger Hultin, a Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and

Controversy. Often heard on the news and found plastering the headlines of shady websites. However, there is none more associated with the word than the practice of genetically modifying organisms. Ever since the Industrial Revolution,the shift from manual labor to steam power, technology has developed at an accelerated pace, paving the way for greater innovation. Recently, the emergence of Biotechnology from the study of DNA has allowed for the creation of GMOs, organisms whose genes has been edited in order to express a certain trait. GMOs are most commonly used in agriculture, often designed for herbicide resistance or pesticide creation. Due to Media overreaction and false studies, the public has been whipped into a frenzy, demanding scientists

There are two main perspectives for almost every topic that is arguable. Those perspectives are for the topic and against it. Whatever side a person chooses, they need good pieces of evidence and a good argument to back their opinion up, in order to effectively achieve the purpose of trying to get their audience on their side of the argument. There are many controversial topics that constantly have people arguing back and forth, debating on which person is right and on which person has better reasons that make their opinion right. Having the strength of good arguing skills helps a writer to express what they are feeling and helps them to connect more with their audience. The writer effectively does this by using rhetoric to persuade their audience to their side. The use of rhetoric helps the writer’s audience to view the topic in a new way. Two controversial topics that are big in society today are animal testing and abortion. These topics produce very strong opinions on both sides of the arguments.

According to “Chinese factory will make cloned beef on a massive scale”, it says, “As the population of China has become wealthier and increasingly urbanized, the country’s consumption of meat has reportedly quadrupled in the past 40 years, and producers have struggled to keep up with demand. Now commercial genetics company BoyaLife plans to increase the supply of beef by cloning cows on an industrial scale, according to a recent press release” (Alexandra Ossola, Popular Science). This quote shows that as the population of China is growing, companies are struggling to keep up with the amount of meat they could produce so they decided to start cloning cows. This way, people could have more meat to devour. With the new technology in cloning, many factories in China are starting to clone cows so that they could have more food to feed their growing population. With more cloned cows, there will be an increasing number of meat to eat. Also, in another article, “F.D.A. says food from cloned animals is safe” written by Andrew Martin and Andrew Pollack, in The New York Times, it states, “After years of debate, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday declared that food from cloned animals and their progeny is safe to eat, clearing the way for milk and meat derived from genetic copies of prized dairy cows, steers and hogs to be sold at the grocery store”. According to this evidence, the F.D.A. has reportedly said that cloned animals and their offsprings are safe to eat whenever it hits the market. This means that the food that can come from these cloned animals are edible and is not something consumers should panic or be worried about. Since the F.D.A. declared that cloned foods are safe to eat, more companies will produce more of them. Which means there will be an increased number of safe foods that people don’t have to worry about. Lastly, according to Anjana Ahuja, in the article, “Cloned

When most people think about a juicy, flavor filled hamburger – the warm buns, melted cheese; ice cold lettuce and tomato; sweet pickle; and the perfect, equal amounts of both ketchup and mustard – they are likely reminded of grilling outside at a BBQ or grabbing a bite to eat at famous burger shops like Fuddruckers or Five Guys. However, the idea of the “All American Hamburger” has been changed in the eyes of some scientists and those who prefer not to eat meat. Researchers and developers have come up with a way to grow lab-cultured meat by vitro methods. This method of producing meat has raised concerns and has been a growing topic of discussion based of the unnaturalness and potential health risks

Cloned meat may not make it to the shops, but it's offsprings might. I thought it was finally over with cloned products, but not quite, as it offsprings rise to the duty to fulfill its place on the shelf. This has been summarized in The New Zealand Herald by AFP stating that the European Commission will ban meat from cloned animals but has stopped short of imposing restrictions on its offspring's produce. In my opinion, they should ban any relations of cloning for sale, as it is a waste of time and money, plus like he said, it affects "animal welfare and other ethical concerns."

Animals are now being cloned specifically for their meat which is not acceptable. This was approved in 2006 and created a lot of controversy. It is one thing to clone animals for the meat, but the labeling on the package does not need to be labeled that it is from a cloned animal, according to the Food and Drug Administration. On this topic one researcher states, “But critics say that the oft-cited single study was far too limited to yield any meaningful conclusions: Milk and beef was taken from just six cloned animals, and the study did not take into account whether clones were more susceptible to infection or other microbial problems, as many scientists suspect” (Are We Eating Cloned Meat?). Later on in the article the author talks about

This quote explains in meat processing companies, which leads the way that the ranchers have treated unequally and the land was affect it. For example, the poor quality of the environment is a serious condition. Hank also states the growth of the fast food industry has an effect on the cattle business, which makes unfair legal and ethical practices of the meat processing industry.

This article talks about genetically engineered meat. It explains that the way humans produce meat now has health effects, environmental effects, animal disease problems, nutrition problems and even pollution. Genetically engineered meat can do a lot of positive things for humans. First, it is more sustainable and is disease free. It also reduces suffering to animals and can also provide more nutrients for people because vitamins can be put in them.

There is definitely more and more of a demand for health foods and healthy lifestyles. Your post makes me think of my own values and how they relate to how I eat. I personally always aspire to live a healthy lifestyle, however a few days a week you will find me buying my family fast food. This happens mostly due to the convenience. Since the price is reasonable, in most cases, and the taste is appealing, it keeps me coming back when I am too tired to cook and on my way home from a long day. When considering a “clean” meat, I think much like so many other healthy choices; it will not be convenient and many times will lose out to the easier, quicker and cheaper choices. However, if marketed well they will target their market accordingly.

Not only are these industries trying to market off of hormone injected foods, but cloning is now in the beginning stages of entering our grocery stores. Although cloning is the exact copy of another animal, it still allows these businesses to manipulate breeds to produce animals with specific traits. Sigrid Fry-reverse believes, “because this manipulation does not affect the quality of the food produced by these cloned animals, the government should not impose regulation on the industry” (Fry-reverse 2). Cloning live stock for nutrition purposes require no distinguishing labels to separate it from non-cloned food products. As of now, the cloned animal can be used as food;

Undoubtedly food production is becoming a growing concern as factors such as the rapidly growing global population and changing diets within developing countries stretch current production techniques to the limit. The total global human population is expected to increase by 34% by 2050 with this growth occurring predominately in developing areas and with the greatest relative population increase of 120% occurring in todays least developed countries (How to feed the world in 2050, 2009). The development of these countries and the associated rise in prosperity has resulted in shifting diets which centre on an increased consumption of meat (Foley, 2014). As a result of this larger and more developed population with an increased dependency on unsustainable protein sources, food production must increase by around 70% by 2050 (How to feed the world in 2050, 2009).

The CDC states that 23,000 people die each year because of medicated meat products. Would you really know the difference between medicated and not medicated meat? Could you taste it? Could you see? This is the questions the Veterinary Feed Directive or (VFD) has been trying to solve. Throughout this speech, I will inform you about the new act placed on today's producers.

Bioengineered Foods are taking over the market as a whole. What are Bioengineered Foods you may ask? Well, they are foods that have been genetically modified so that a gene from their DNA structure has been added, or taken away. Today, genetically modified/bioengineered foods are a very controversial issue. While some people think that bioengineered foods are just as healthy as traditionally grown foods, others think that they are unhealthy and are linked to many health problems.

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