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Date of Publication: June 21
Year of Publication: 2023
Publication City: Washington, DC
Publisher: NPR
Author(s): Allison Aubrey
For all of human history, eating meat has meant slaughtering animals. But scientists behind cultivated meat say that’s no longer necessary. They produce meat by growing cells extracted from an animal’s body. And, today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave its first clearances to sell meat produced this way.
GOOD Meat, a division of Eat Just, Inc., announced that it has received approval from the USDA for its first poultry product, cultivated chicken, grown directly from animal cells, to be sold in the U.S.
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