Farmers Forum staffWASHINGTON – The United States has approved the production and sale of lab-grown chicken cells, a move that has alarmed farm groups that say the product should not be called meat. “It’s a giant step forward towards a more sustainable future — one that preserves choice and life.”The United States is the second country in the world, after Singapore, to allow the production and sale of lab-grown meat. To grow lab-grown meat, the producers must begin in a lab with cells taken from an animal. By August, Upside Foods and Good Meat could already be serving their specialty lab-grown chicken in their partner restaurants, one in Washington and one in San Francisco. ” She adds that “without groundbreaking technology that would fundamentally change how much it costs to make a steak from a cell, I’m skeptical that lab-grown meat will find mainstream adoption, outside of being used as an ingredient.”

Source: Forbes July 25, 2023 09:11 UTC