💰 Lab-grown meat cleared for human consumption by U.S. regulator

TL;DR

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 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), said a release from the FDA."The world is experiencing a food revolution and the (FDA) is committed to supporting innovation in the food supply," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf and Susan Mayne, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in a statement.The review is not technically an approval and applies only to UPSIDE products, though the agency is ready to work with other firms developing cultured animal cell food, the FDA said in a release.USDA will oversee the processing and labeling of cell-cultured meat products.Cultivated chicken was served to attendees at this year's COP27 climate conference in Egypt."

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