[Avodah] synthetic meat

[Zev Sero]

On 1/08/2013 9:07 AM, M Cohen wrote:
> beef stem cells are being used to grow synthetic meat
>
> does this have a prob of eiver min hachai or (more likely) yotzei min
> hachai?

I would think it would be like yeast or yoghurt culture that we've discussed
before.  Basically cultured meat is really a sort of fungus, and should be
both kosher and pareve.


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