Recently came across a video by Freele about SuperMeat. A company that prides itself in creating meat by extracting stem cells from chicken. Growing it in culture and therefore creating meat without the murder of animals unnecessarily. Sounds good right? I think the idea behind it is well justified. It helps to reduce climate change drastically whilst appeasing the "delicate" taste buds of the "meat connoisseurs" of the world I felt the video (although catchy) provided some information to catch my eye and so decided to dive a bit deeper into this. I felt I had more questions to ask. How do they extract the stem cells? Is it under anaesthetic? What is the process after they have extracted the stem cells? What do they grow the tissue culture in? Are there any toxins? So as anyone who has questions would rightly do. I went to the horses mouth (so to speak) and I contacted Super Meat via their website that directed me to their Facebook chat. My messages are in blue. I felt that my questions were fairly civil and to the point. But I got the vibe straight away that I was an inconvenience and that they didn't want to answer my questions. Purely because all the messages were short and succinct. Now it may be possible that they receive tonnes of messages that they need to reply to efficiently. But I knew I was within my right to ask what would be going into this as its gonna be a good product and we all have a right to know what we're gonna be consuming. When I asked "how do we know for sure that they aren't in pain?" I was opening the floor for discussion about what methods they use to ensure the chicken doesn't feel any pain. I wouldn't mind at all if they gave me a more in depth idea justifying how it is less invasive. I know with my patients. If they ask me what the procedure they're gonna get is like and ask for more information. I explain to them as best I can what happens. I'd then follow this up with some written information. From this perspective, I didn't feel this was good customer service. However to be honest. It could well be that the person wasn't familiar with the procedure at all. I must add that not all my patients find the procedure painful. Some of them describe it as a minor discomfort. Some of them are in agony and require pain relief, more sedation. But all agree that it can be slightly painful. I also felt that the sentence "Look, it is what it is, we try and be transparent about our process" without following it up with more information; isn't actually transparent. Now, they are right, it is less invasive than simply chopping off a chickens head. However it isn't too hard to provide me with more information on the business, ethos, process, etc. That's what customer support are supposed to do. This was all written text, so it is hard to gauge on the tone of the conversation. But to me, it felt like someone didn't want to be accommodating at all. So I was honest with this individual and tried to let them know in a diplomatic manner that I didn't feel I was getting enough information from the short and snappy answers. It felt like drawing blood from a stone. I felt like this all was far too vague to nearly be a real thing. They weren't even pointing me in the direction of these academic articles either. There were no more communications after this on their part. No "Thankyou for your query." No "I hope I was of some help today" Nothing. Zip. Nada. Well let's take a look at the FAQ on their website... If I'm honest. Although it sounds ideal and less invasive than the brutal murder of harmless animals. (although I would question that further if they'd be more "transparent") The human race has time and time again proven that we are so selfish and only care about money.
If this takes off, (despite being told that one chicken's stem cells can feed the world) Humans will take complete advantage of this new technology and the animals with it. Who knows for sure what new ways we will find to torture these animals? I'm very sceptical of this new idea. Purely because I don't trust humans on a global scale with their intentions when money comes into the equation. I also know plenty of meat eaters who would much rather eat "organic, authentic meat" instead of this "laboratory meat" Therefore, without proper openness and honesty between business and client I'm afraid I don't support "super meat".
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