As food technologies develop, so do new halachic issues. In recent days, OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Menachem Genack has taken on questions about whether lab-grown meat, created from animal stem cells, is kosher. While Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Lau recently declared it kosher pareve, Rabbi Genack disagrees. Read more in a front-page piece in The Washington Post and numerous outlets ranging from TIME and Religion News Service to Canada Today. He also discusses possible ma’arat ayin issues with Impossible Pork in Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer.
Is Lab-Grown Meat Kosher? OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Menachem Genack Discusses in Washington Post, Other Media Outlets
OU Kosher StaffFebruary 9, 2023