Lab-grown meat can be kosher and halal, 専門家s say

By Leah Douglas

Sept 11 (Reuters) - Lab-grown meat can be labeled kosher and halal as long as its 独房s are derived in methods compliant with 宗教的な 基準s, によれば two パネル盤s of 専門家s (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限d by the nascent 産業.

The opinions are a 勝利,勝つ for 独房-cultivated meat companies, (n)役員/(a)執行力のあるs said, because it means observant 信奉者s of Judaism and Islam could one day 消費する their 製品s.

"It´s another marker around making cultivated meat a real 解答," said Josh Tetrick, CEO of GOOD Meat.

Cultivated meat is 現在/一般に only sold in tiny 量s in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs and Singapore, but companies hope 私的な and public 投資家s will infuse the 部門 with enough cash to 規模 生産/産物 and alter diets around the world.

Cultivated meat is derived from a 見本 of animal 独房s that are fed a nutrient mix and grown in steel vats, 避けるing the need for land-集中的な 産業の farming 操作/手術s and slaughterhouses.

Companies in the fledgling 産業 hope their 製品 will 控訴,上告 to vegans and vegetarians 同様に as 気候 conscious meat eaters.

GOOD 会を召集するd a パネル盤 of three sharia 専門家s who reviewed the company's 生産/産物 and on Sunday said cultivated meat can be halal if, の中で other factors, the 独房s from which the meat is made come from an animal 虐殺(する)d によれば Islamic 法律.

Though GOOD's chicken does not 現在/一般に 会合,会う that 基準, the opinion 供給するs a roadmap for the 産業 to make halal 製品s, Tetrick said in an interview.

The 正統派の Union (OU), the largest kosher certification 機関, on Sept. 6 said cultivated chicken produced by Israeli company SuperMeat met its 基準s bec ause the chicken 独房s were not fed any animal 成分s and were 抽出するd from a fertilized egg before any 血 位置/汚点/見つけ出すs appeared.

SuperMeat and the OU are working on broader 指導基準s for the 産業, company CEO Ido Savir said.

More than 12 million people in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs eat kosher 製品s and 8 million eat halal 製品s, によれば the OU and Islamic Services of America, a halal certification 機関.

Regulators (疑いを)晴らすd cultivated chicken for U.S. 消費 earlier this year and it has since been served at some high-end restaurants. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Leah Douglas; Editing by 法案 Berkrot)

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