Berkeley-based Upside Foods' 'cultured' chicken is closer to being sold in U.S. grocery stores after regulator agrees it's safe to eat.
The FDA"evaluated the information submitted to the agency and has no further questions at this time about the firm's safety conclusion," the agency stated.
"This is a watershed moment in the history of food," Uma Valeti, CEO and founder of the Berkeley-based company, said in a statement."U.S. consumers will soon have the chance to eat delicious meat that's grown directly from animal cells." The cells from a single chicken allow for the cultivation of the same amount of poultry that now comes from hundreds of thousands of farmed birds, according Although the agency found Upside Foods' chicken safe to eat, the product is not approved to be sold. Upside's remaining hurdles before it can take its product to the market involve the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Food Safety and Inspection Service. to ensure it is properly regulated and labeled," the FDA said.
Once given regulatory approval to sell its cultivated products, including a chicken fillet, Upside's production facility in Emeryville, California, will be able to produce more than 50,000 pounds a year, according to the company.roughly a third of all human-produced greenhouse gases stem from food production, especially cattle. Proponents of lab-grown meat say it would help cut back on methane emissions and help combat global warming.© 2022 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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