The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley s lab-grown meat startups is heating up

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The US Cattlemen’s Association USCA has filed a petition to the USDA arguing that lab-grown meat startups should not be able to call their products "meat," since they do not come from slaughtered animals.

Though so-called "cultured meat" products are not available in restaurants or supermarkets yet, a number of startups are attempting to make it more commercially feasible.

The debate will likely intensify.

For the first time, a major part of the US beef industry is taking aim at tech startups creating cultured meat — also known as lab-grown meat or clean meat — that's grown in a lab using animal cells.

The US Cattlemen’s Association USCA has filed a 15-page petition to the USDA asking the agency to strictly define "meat" and "beef" as animals raised and slaughtered. See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: A sleep expert explains what happens to your brain when you dreamSee Also:12 of your favorite foods that might be going extinct soonKimbal Musk Elon's brother is giving away one of the first Tesla Model 3s ever madeThe best ways to counter the negative effects of aging and live a long time starting right nowSEE ALSO: Dairy companies are fighting with soy milk producers over what can be called milk

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