Lab-grown poultry nears U.S. plates

WASHINGTON – California-based cultivated meat firm Good Meat has acquired clearance from the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration to convey its lab-grown hen to market, in accordance with company paperwork launched on Tuesday.

A number of corporations are working to convey cultivated meat to market in the USA and should obtain approval from each the FDA and the U.S. Division of Agriculture earlier than they’ll promote their merchandise.

Good Meat’s hen is the second cultivated meat product to obtain a “no-questions” letter from the FDA after California-based Upside Meals bought the regulator’s inexperienced gentle for its cultivated hen breast final November. The letter means the FDA accepts the corporate’s conclusion that its product is secure for people to eat.