This is an exclusive report from BBC News, which was granted access to a laboratory in the Netherlands, where the artificial meat was produced.
Emma Hockridge, head of policy at the Soil Association, said: “This new technology is interesting, but it’s also important to consider the wider issues surrounding such a development, such as the benefits that grazing animals bring to the beauty and sustainability of our countryside, the importance of healthy and sustainable diets and access to food.
“There are also many simpler solutions to feeding our growing population available to us now including agroecological systems such as organic farming, which works with nature to obtain good yields with far lower inputs and producing food with high animal welfare, lower pollution, and with more wildlife and jobs on farms.
“It is unlikely that lab grown meat would ever replace meat production in the UK, and there is still a long way to go before these products are anywhere near, if ever being commercially viable.”
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