US Approves Nation’s First Lab-Grown Meat for Sale

This comes despite concerns over new cell culture technology

A prepared dish of Good Meat's cultivated chicken is shown at the Eat Just office in Alameda, Calif., on June 14, 2023. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

U.S. regulators have approved the nation’s first lab-grown meat for sale—chicken products grown from animal cells.

The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) on Wednesday gave the OK for two California companies to sell their chicken products to restaurants, and eventually, supermarkets.