The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a “no questions” response to GOOD Meat, marking the corporate’s lab-grown hen product suitable for eating.
“We have no questions at this time regarding GOOD Meat’s conclusion that foods comprised of or containing cultured chicken cell material [are] as safe as comparable foods produced by other methods,” the FDA stated in a March 20 letter to the corporate.
The FDA’s letter “clears a crucial step in bringing GOOD Meat to restaurants and retail in the US,” GOOD Meat stated in an announcement Tuesday, including that it “is now working with the US Department of Agriculture on necessary approvals.”
GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of meals expertise firm Eat Just, Inc., is devoted to, “making sustainable, safe meat from animal cells instead of slaughtered animals.”
The FDA’s transfer comes simply months after UPSIDE Foods obtained the FDA’s first regulatory inexperienced mild to promote cultivated meat, poultry or seafood in November 2022.
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GOOD Meat’s hen product beforehand obtained approval in Singapore, making the corporate the primary on the earth to obtain approval on a number of continents.
GOOD Meat plans to initially promote its product on the 30 eating places owned by world-renowned chef, and humanitarian José Andrés.
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“The future of our planet depends on how we feed ourselves…and we have a responsibility to look beyond the horizon for smarter, sustainable ways to eat. GOOD Meat is doing just that, pushing the boundary on innovative new solutions, and I’m excited for everyone to taste the result,” Andrés stated in a press launch.
Cultivated meat is derived from a small pattern of animal cells which might be fed vitamins and grown in metal vats earlier than being processed into cuts of meat.
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According to GOOD Meat, 70% of Singaporeans who tried GOOD Meat’s cultivated hen stated it tasted nearly as good or higher than standard hen. Nearly 90% of these diners stated they might substitute standard hen with cultivated hen.