The Food and Drug Administration ruling paves way for product derived from real animal cells — but that don’t require an animal to be slaughtered — to someday be available in U.S. grocery stores and restaurants.
Dozens of major food companies are jostling to debut cultivated meat to the American public. As of now, Singapore is the only country in which these products are legally sold to consumers. The FDA’s announcement that cultivated chicken from Emeryville-based Upside Foods is safe to eat is likely to open the floodgates in the United States in the coming months.
approve the products of several cultivated meat start-ups that have been seeking regulatory approval since 2018. he said.The cultivated-meat industry has grown to more than 151 companies on six continents, backed by more than $2.6 billion in investments, according to the Good Food Institute, a nonprofit group that promotes alternatives to traditional meat. Still, initial costs of production may make products prohibitively expensive.
have said. The Stockholm Environment Institute recently issued a report that found the production of animal-based foods responsible for as much as 20 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, and that if meat consumption continues along current trends, it will be impossible to keep global warming below the goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius.“This is a critical milestone toward the future of food. Cultivated meat will soon be available to consumers in the U.S.
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