Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked April 04, 2023
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
September 12, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an “Executive Order on Advancing
Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe and Secure
American Bioeconomy.” This executive order makes biotechnology a national priority
across agencies and branches of government. Similar legislation has been introduced in
the U.K.
In late March 2023, Biden expanded on this premise in a “Bold Goals for U.S.
Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing” report. According to this plan, the food industry is
now to be led by biotech, and the “improvements” we can look forward to are more lab-
grown meats and bioengineered plant foods
Rather than investing taxpayer dollars in regenerative agriculture, which is what could
really solve our problems, government is instead backing a whole new industry of fake
foods, from lab-grown meats to large-scale insect production
Two cell-based lab-grown meat companies have now received the green light to produce
and sell fake chicken in the U.S.
Meanwhile, a Food Hazards Identification report by the British Food standards Agency
and Food Standards Scotland, published in March 2023, warns there are “considerable
gaps in knowledge” when it comes to cell-based meat production, and many potential
hazards