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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Oliver Milman in New York

US declares lab-grown meat safe to eat in ‘groundbreaking’ move

Upside Foods’ chicken sandwich.
Upside Foods’ chicken sandwich. Photograph: Upside Foods

The US government has cleared the way for Americans to be able to eat lab-grown meat, after authorities deemed a meat product derived from animal cells to be safe for human consumption.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow a California company called Upside Foods to take living cells from chickens and then grow them in a controlled laboratory environment to produce a meat product that doesn’t involve the actual slaughter of any animals.

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