Asia's largest cell-cultured chicken facility to be up and running in Bedok from 2023

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Singapore was the first country to approve the sale of cell-based meat in December 2020, with the product coming from Good Meat.

Cell-cultured chicken is meat from chicken cells grown in a bioreactor - similar to the vats used in brewing beer - thus doing away with having to slaughter actual chickens.

Research and development in such novel foods and alternative proteins have been gaining traction in Singapore in recent years as the Republic boosts its food security and produces food sustainably

With Singapore currently importing more than 90 per cent of its food, the country is looking to shore up against global food supply shocks by producing 30 per cent of its food locally by 2030.

With technological advancements and growing consumer demand for sustainable foods, alternative proteins have the potential to supplement Singapore's agricultural productivity and contribute meaningfully to our 30 by 30 goal."

Large volumes of plant-based or cell-cultured foods can be produced with less land, labour and greenhouse gas emissions. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, the global livestock sector accounts for 14.5 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

Relate to:

=recent export ban on chicken in Malaysia

=how we can enjoy the pleasure of eating meat without the ethical tug on our conscience of having to slaughter them

=how such technology to boost our food security

=potential to cut carbon footprints in the area of agriculture

Qns: 

1. How far can prosperity and uncontrolled population growth go hand in hand? (Cam. 2020)

2. ‘Science is the only answer to global hunger.’ Discuss. (Cam. 2019)