After receiving preliminary approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), two cultivated meat companies, Upside Foods and Good Meat, have been given the greenlight by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to produce and sell lab-grown meat in the U.S., according to AP News.
“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. We have been the only company selling cultivated meat anywhere in the world since we launched in Singapore in 2020, and now it’s approved to sell to consumers in the world’s largest economy,” said Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of GOOD Meat and Eat Just. “We appreciate the rigor and thoughtfulness that both the FDA and USDA have applied during this historic two-agency regulatory process.”
