One does not usually have to sign a waiver warning of potential “adverse effects” before eating a snack from upmarket grocer Fortnum and Mason. However, that is what journalists were asked to do this week before trying a scotch egg made from lab-grown meat.
The Mayfair department store says it created the world’s first scotch eggs in 1738 for Londoners travelling to their country homes. Nearly 300 years later, it hopes to be the first place to sell a modern version made from meat grown from cultured animal cells.
