US approves first lab-grown meats for sale
U.S. regulators have okayed the sale of chicken grown from cells in a lab instead of from an animal. But it could be a while before most consumers get to try it.
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U.S. regulators have okayed the sale of chicken grown from cells in a lab instead of from an animal. But it could be a while before most consumers get to try it.
Chicken grown from animal cells, not from slaughtered birds, can now be sold in the U.S. The Agriculture Department issued approvals Wednesday to California firms Upside Foods and Good Meat
The companies that cultivate the meat aim to eliminate harm to animals and drastically reduce the environmental impacts of raising them. It will initially be sold only at upscale restaurants.
The move launches a new era of meat production aimed at eliminating harm to animals and drastically reducing the environmental impacts of grazing, growing feed for animals and animal waste.
But lab-grown meat won't appear in your local grocery store anytime.