Background: Cultured meat forms part of the emerging field of cellular
agriculture. Still an early stage field it seeks to deliver products
traditionally made through livestock rearing in novel forms that require
no, or significantly reduced, animal involvement. Key examples include
cultured meat, milk, egg white and leather. Here, we focus upon cultured
meat and its technical, socio-political and regulatory challenges and
opportunities. Scope and approach: The paper reports the thinking of an …