For the first time, U.S. regulators approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies, Upside Foods and Good Meat, to offer 'lab-grown' meat to the nation's restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.
By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGARU.S. regulators approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing California companies Upside Foods and Good Meat to offer lab-grown meat.
A scientist works in a cellular agriculture lab at Eat Just in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, June 14, 2023.The companies received approvals for federal inspections required to sell meat and poultry in the U.S. The action came months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration deemed that products from both companies are safe to eat. A manufacturing company called Joinn Biologics, which works with Good Meat, was also cleared to make the products.
Company officials are quick to note the products are meat, not substitutes like the Impossible Burger or offerings from Beyond Meat, which are made from plant proteins and other ingredients. "The most common response we get is, 'Oh, it tastes like chicken,'" said Amy Chen, Upside's chief operating officer.
But once people understand how the meat is made, they're more accepting, Chen said. And once they taste it, they're usually sold.Cultivated meat begins with cells. Upside experts take cells from live animals, choosing those most likely to taste good and to reproduce quickly and consistently, forming high-quality meat, Chen said. Good Meat products are created from a master cell bank formed from a commercially available chicken cell line.
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