Late-night conversation

[mikz]

kragen: ... so in countries where it's legal, they can use that enzyme to 'glue' slabs of meat together, making it look like you're buying one really big piece of meat from a single cow.

mikz: Wow! Can they do that to live cows as well?

kragen: Well, it's the same enzyme used in the natural healing process, so probably... they could use if for transplanting

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[the_xtina]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavUpD_IjVY

[plymouth]

there are places where it is illegal to use meat glue??

[kragen]

This may not be a credible source, but Health Freedom Alliance reports,

England banned use of Thrombin coagulant last year…The EU recently brought back the use of the new glue, Thrombian, or Transglutaminase, right along with Australia, Canada and the US. The FDA, of course, deems it GRAS (generally recognized as safe).…Less than a year ago, the European Parliament had voted to ban bovine and porcine thrombin.

I'm not sure how old this practice is.

[kineticphoenix]

A millicow would make one heck of an explosion. Would it become a milliklingon? Thank you so much for sharing this; it almost felt like I was there with you.

[kineticphoenix]

With a sign saying, "Feed us, daddy!"