Lab-grown meat will be sold to the US for the first time, with the federal government giving two businesses approval to sell their meat.
The USDA approval comes in the form of a grant of inspection.
The grant means that the companies’ meat-processing facilities are in compliance with the agency’s standards and will be regularly inspected.
UPSIDE Foods, a company that makes cell-cultured chicken by harvesting cells from live animals and using the cells to grow meat in stainless-steel tanks, will be able to bring its products to market once it has been inspected.
“This approval will fundamentally change how meat makes it to our table,” Upside Foods CEO Uma Valeti said in a statement.
Cultivated or lab-grown meat is grown in a giant vat, much like what you’d find at a beer brewery.
There are more than 150 companies around the world trying to develop these food products, and they are working on a variety of meats: chicken, beef, pork, and lamb.
With the approvals, the United States will become the second country after Singapore to allow the sale of so-called cultivated meat.
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