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Mike Rounds: “One example of these experiments takes pork fat cells grown…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:38

I have concerns regarding lab grown cells or cell cultivated products attempting to enter the US Food system. The US Food system posing as meat. One example of these experiments takes pork fat cells grown in a lab and combines them with plant protein. This product is sold to consumers at the grocery store as a meatball. Meatball. My question, I guess for you is do you share my concerns with these ultra processed lab grown fake meat products and with your prioritization of real food? (03:38–03:45)

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Asserts that there are experiments combining lab-grown pork fat cells with plant protein.

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