For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer "lab-grown" meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.For the first time ever, the Federal Drug Administration has approved two Bay Area based companies to offer "lab-grown" chicken.
He said excitedly, "This is the biggest moment in the history of food and meat in the last hundred years. I think meat production will never be the same again." Unlike Beyond Meat and other alternative meat producers who use vegetable-based foods to resemble the taste of beef, this meat has its origin in chicken, not vegetables.