Upside Foods gets FDA greenlight for cultivated chicken
Cultivated meat maker Upside Foods received approval from the FDA for its chicken grown from animal cells. This is the first regulatory approval for any cultivated meat in the U.S.
Upside Foods, founded in 2016 , and the U.S. have both reached a milestone with this approval. Not only is Upside Foods a step closer to selling cultivated chicken, but the U.S. could soon have a new kind of meat available for consumers to choose.
The “no questions” letter from the FDA indicates regulators have found nothing unsafe about the cultured chicken the company makes. Upside Foods, that was one of the first companies in the cultivated meat space upon its foundation, now awaits approval from the USDA in order to serve its chicken products to consumers.
Several cultivated meat startups have been working since 2018 with the FDA and the USDA — which are jointly regulating the space — in hopes of gaining approval. Eat Just has the only other regulatory approval for cultured meat, which it has sold in Singapore since 2020.
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