There’s no beef, as long as consumers are told they’re eating ‘lab-grown’ meat

Chicken salad dishes made from Good Meat’s cell-cultivated chicken is shown at the Eat Just office in Alameda, California on June 14. U.S. regulators have approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells. (AP)

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s an age-old question that’s been pondered by scientists and party guests for years.

Now that “lab-grown” chicken has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Agriculture Department, many Americans may have other fowl-related inquiries, henpecking about the origins of any poultry that’s offered to them.