Here's some news that might turn a few meat eaters into strict vegetarians.

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2/21/2007 1:19:37 PM Pacific Standard Time

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Here's some news that might turn a few meat eaters into strict vegetarians.

 

In past e-Alerts I've told you about unappealing meat preparation methods,

such as irradiation (killing bacteria with radiation) and modified atmosphere

packaging (improving the color of meat with carbon monoxide).

 

But those dubious processing techniques seem quaintly old-fashioned compared

to an up and coming process in which meat is grown in factory farms.

 

In 2001, NASA began funding in vitro meat farming. After scientists succeeded

in growing goldfish muscle in a lab, a Dutch sausage company ramped up more

ambitious experiments that have led to factory production of meat grown from

pig stem cells.

 

Just one problem: Factory-made muscle tissue is gooey. Muscle tissue from

livestock is firm because it's constantly flexed while the animals are alive. So

to keep factory-made muscle from having the texture of pudding, the tissue is

grown on racks that expand and contract to simulate flexing.

 

To Your Good Health,

 

Jenny Thompson

 

Source:

 

" The OINK-less BLT " Ian Christe, Popular Mechanics, March 2007,

popularmechanics.com

 

 

 

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