A decision by US authorities to allow the sale of cultivated meat has been welcomed by a North East company which is pioneering work in the area.
The American Department of Agriculture and the country’s Food and Drug Administration this week granted approval for two companies, Upside Foods and Eat Just, to sell cultivated chicken products to US consumers. Cultivated meat is grown in the laboratory from animal cells but aims to produce food that does not involve the rearing and killing of animals.
Newcastle firm 3D Bio Tissues is one of the leading UK firms working in the sector, having earlier this year produced what it believed to be the world’s first cultivated steak fillet. The firm is also hoping to produce laboratory-grown leather for use in shoes and other clothing.
