I could be reading it wrong. The government invested 100m+ yuan into the company CellX last year so I wouldnt be surprised if it were subsidized. I can't find any up to date information of other types of cultured meat, seems pork is the cash cow right now. Comments on similar articles says the meat is only available in restaurants right now.

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  • jackmarxist [any]
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    2 years ago

    So can Muslims eat lab grown pork or is it still haram?

    • kristina [she/her]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Guess it depends on how orthodox they are. Its grown in a sterile environment so itd be more contagion free than any kind of regular meat

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I don't think they object pork as a concept, just that it's somehow the most unclean animal you can eat

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        2 years ago

        You can get a lot more parasites from eating pork than just about anything else, trichinosis in particular

        • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          there are very few cases of that, at least in the US.

          iirc that there hasn't been a case of it in humans from farmed pork in years (or wasn't for years, maybe trump made the FDA worse)

          • crime [she/her, any]
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            2 years ago

            Oh yeah, I mean it was a bigger deal back when all these religious guidelines were being written for sure — just that it makes sense to single pork out as being "unclean" or whatever back in the day

        • bluescreen [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Trichinosis was eliminated from the US pig population back in the 1970s. Eat all the blue pork chops you want.

    • Owl [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I'm no mashgiach, but I think it's kosher until they manage to grow hooves?

      • Farman [any]
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        2 years ago

        Or if the tusks are longer than some treshold chews cud. like those pigs in ondonesia that count as deer.

          • Farman [any]
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            2 years ago

            There are sseveral hypotessis on why pork is banned.

            One is that as iraq began turning into a dessert it became economically unviable and enviormentally destructive. So you begin seeing less pig remains starting from around the year 2000. This would have eventually lead to a ban on pigs specifically posibly identified by hoof shape.

            Then there is the disease argument. The more your foods physioligy resembles yours the easier for its parasites will grow on you. And the more varied your diet the more types of parasotes you come in contact with. Eating omnivores or animals high in the food chain is a bad idea. But an animal that chews cud is going to be relativley safe. So this is actually a good rule of thumb about what to eat if you ever fond yourself in a place with unkown fauna.

            • Farman [any]
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              2 years ago

              The opsite is true for the prohibitions on alcohol. If you find yourself in a place of doubtful higyne fermented or boiled stuf is best. Microorganisms that live in alcohol or vinager are not harmful to us.