The US Department of Agriculture has granted approval to California-based Upside Foods and Good Meat to market cell-cultivated chicken
Federal regulators approved Wednesday the sale of cell-cultivated chicken by two California-based food technology companies in a first-of-its-kind step in the country.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved Upside Foods and Good Meat, opening up a novel pathway towards a more eco-friendly approach to meat cultivation, according to The Associated Press (AP). Global livestock farming accounts for 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, per the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
The USDA worked closely with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the buildup to the approval, per an FDA press announcement.
