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U.S. regulators have approved the sale of “lab-grown” chicken meat in the country, in a move that some analysts say could fundamentally reshape the very concept of the food industry,
US Agriculture Department in June gave the go-ahead to two California-based companies, Upside Foods, and Good Meat, to bring their cell-cultivated meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and, eventually, supermarket shelves, The Gateway Pundit reported.
Regulators and companies claim that development is a step toward eliminating harm to animals and reducing environmental impacts.
However, critics remain unconvinced, insisting that these optimistic claims seem to overshadow the stark realities of the process involved in producing cultivated meat.
Critics argue that this advancement raises ethical and potential health concerns, and brings into question the sustainability of this method of growing meat as well as the rush to bring such lab-grown meat to market without a comprehensive understanding of its long-term environmental impact, economic feasibility, and potential health risks.
The two California-based companies have been racing to be the first in the U.S. to sell the controversial new product, which they call “cell-cultivated” or “cultured” meat.
This is meat that does not come from slaughtered animals.
Josh Tetrick, CEO of Eat Just, which operates Good Meat said, "This announcement that we’re now able to produce and sell cultivated meat in the United States is a major moment for our company, the industry, and the food system."
Tetrick added. “Instead of all of that land and all of that water that’s used to feed all of these animals that are slaughtered, we can do it differently.”
Cultivated meat is developed by growing animal stem cells in a nourishing medium and a bioreactor. The end product mimics the appearance and taste of traditional meat.
According to PBS, for Upside, the end product comes out in large sheets shaped into items like chicken cutlets and sausages.
Good Meat, which already sells cultivated meat in Singapore, transforms chicken cells into a variety of forms, such as cutlets, nuggets, and shredded meat.
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