Food
Lab-Grown Meat Approved for Sale in US
- Lab-made chicken to debut at restaurants in DC, San Francisco
- Historic milestone comes amid challenges on scale, efficiency
GOOD Meat’s cell-based chicken
Source: GOOD MeatEat Just Inc. and Upside Foods Inc. have received approvals from the US Department of Agriculture to sell cell-based chicken commercially, the companies announced Wednesday.
It’s a historic moment for the cultivated meat and seafood industry, which has raised nearly $3 billion for more than 150 companies around the world. Eat Just and Upside had cleared earlier hurdles, including separate nods for both companies’ labels to sell products and letters confirming the US Food and Drug Administration had no questions about their safety conclusions. But neither step meant that members of the public would be able to purchase the products in the US.