USDA approves 1st ever ‘cell-cultivated meat’ from UPSIDE Foods
After extensive testing and years of study, cell-cultivated meat, chicken flesh will now be available in the American food supply. The manufacturer UPSIDE Foods, based in Emeryville, California, gave ABC News a tour of its facilities earlier this year. It is the first company in the world to produce cell-cultivated meat, chicken and it has received full government approval for nationwide commercial sales. A historic moment After years of investment in UPSIDE Foods from Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Whole Foods founder John Mackey, the food and agriculture manufacturing industry has hailed this as a “historic” moment as scientists tout the cell-cultivated meat as a potential solution to global warming, inhumane treatment of animals, and rising global hunger. The business claims to start producing and selling chicken flesh made from animal cells in bioreactors. Consumers will first find it on the menu of Bar Crenn, a San Francisco eatery run by activist, restau...