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Re:Singapore approves lab-grown 'chicken' meat by refurb on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:25AM (#25357519)
"Those cells are acquired with a simple biopsy"

I guess it depends on where you draw the line? The chicken isn't killed, but I assume it's anesthetized, and surgery is performed on it to get the biopsy sample.

Is that cruel? Do you refuse to eat any product that came from that biopsy?

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Re:Singapore approves lab-grown 'chicken' meat by doublerabbit on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @07:17AM (#25357783)
Unless an animal puts up it's paw and volunteers to be put under biopsy for food then yes. It's cruel.

Why don't we make food out of humans instead?

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Re:Singapore approves lab-grown 'chicken' meat by xkcd-sucks on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @07:01PM (#25367420)
Yeah, and then the chicken is sacrificed after the biopsy because the techs are only certified for non-survival surgery where survival surgery would require an actual vet
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