[Avodah] Synthetic Meat

[Zev Sero]

On 5/08/2013 9:04 AM, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote:
> On 08/04/2013 10:09 PM, Nachum Binyamin Klafter, MD wrote:
>> We will need to see precisely how the tissue is grown.  However, I
>> assume that the following is the case:  Stem cells which are in an
>> aqueous solution and have absolutely no visible, detectable metziyus...
>
>> My understanding is that the "meat" would be parve, and that there
>> should be no problem of eiver min-ha-chay or any other kashrus issue.
>
> Wouldn't this be just as "bad" as poultry in terms of resembling meat,
> and thus subject to an issur de-rabanan?

How so?  Poultry resembles meat because it needs shechitah and salting;
this would require neither.


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