BUSINESS

Raising the stakes with lab-grown meat

Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 21/12/2020

» Singapore recently became the first government to approve the use of lab-grown meat as an ingredient in food. Many have seen the move as a bellwether for the development of a global synthetic meat market -- an innovative sector which in the long term could significantly reduce our reliance on the slaughter of animals for food while significantly reducing carbon emissions.