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Animal welfare organisation Humane Society International (HSI) India and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad have joined hands to develop laboratory grown meat in India. The partnership looks to promote the technology to develop clean meat while bringing start-ups and regulators together under the same roof.
The effort to develop clean meat has emerged due to the unsustainable methods of large-scale industrial animal agriculture. The practices neglect basic animal welfare, and consequently pose a threat to the environment and food security.
According to CCMB researchers, clean meat production requires far less land and water than conventional meat production and therefore alleviates repercussions of exponential climatic change.
The technology obliterates the severe environmental damages resulting from poor waste management prevalent in current farming practices. It does not require antibiotics, produces no bacterial contamination and ensures the welfare of animals.