Lab-grown meat, real meat cultivated from animal cells, is now sold in the U.S., only the second country to approve the product. But you won’t find it at major fast-food restaurants, despite a social media post that claims it's been sold there for years.
each announced June 21 they had received final permission from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to offer cultivated chicken products to restaurants and grocery stores.The U.S. is now the second country to allow cultivated meat to be sold to consumers. Good Meat has been selling its productsGood Meat served its chicken to the U.S. general public for the first time July 31 at China Chilcano, a Washington, D.C.
Video shows Elon Musk “urging everyone in the UK to take advantage of this great opportunity before the big banks close completely.”Carrie Kabat, spokesperson for Good Meat, called the claim that lab-cultivated meat is being sold at U.S. fast-food chains"completely false." "Up until this summer, Good Meat’s cultivated meat had only been available in the U.S. for private tastings at our headquarters in the Bay Area," Kabat said."Currently, the only place American consumers can order and enjoy our cultivated chicken is at China Chilcano."
That is likely to change as the company scales-up commercial production, Kabat said, adding that it hopes to sell its chicken at more restaurants and eventually in stores. A team is also working on cultivated beef, but no timeline has been announced for its launch, she said.
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