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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by native_samples on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:30AM (#28626615)
Yes and the article discusses this extensively. The problem is that it's very hard to achieve the necessary level of cleanliness. The article mentions needing to take apart, clean and re-assemble entire plants because some bacteria were hiding in small pits inside imperfect welds!
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by pas on Friday September 24, 2021 @03:07AM (#28639431)
Similar to how hard it is to clean MRSA or prions. Hot high pressure CO2 does it. (It's cheap, readily available everywhere. It's a process problem. It's hard to do it in hospitals in a safe and automated way because humans, but in a factory the pesky humans are not a problem.)
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