FDA approves lab-grown ‘GOOD Meat’ hen product, second such authorization in US

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a “no questions” response to GOOD Meat, marking the corporate’s lab-grown hen product fit for human consumption.

“We haven’t any questions at the moment concerning GOOD Meat’s conclusion that meals comprised of or containing cultured hen cell materials [are] as secure as comparable meals produced by different strategies,” the FDA mentioned in a March 20 letter to the corporate.

The FDA’s letter “clears a vital step in bringing GOOD Meat to eating places and retail within the US,” GOOD Meat mentioned in a press release Tuesday, including that it “is now working with the US Department of Agriculture on mandatory approvals.”

GOOD Meat grilled cultivated hen. (GOOD Meat)

GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of meals know-how firm Eat Just, Inc., is devoted to, “making sustainable, secure meat from animal cells as an alternative of slaughtered animals.”

The FDA’s transfer comes simply months after UPSIDE Foods obtained the FDA’s first regulatory inexperienced gentle 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 planet to obtain approval on a number of continents.

Good Meat grew to become the primary authorized cultured meat on the planet when, in December 2020, Singapore authorized its hen nuggets. (GOOD Meat)

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 way forward for our planet is dependent upon how we feed ourselves…and now we have a duty to look past the horizon for smarter, sustainable methods to eat. GOOD Meat is doing simply that, pushing the boundary on progressive new options, and I’m excited for everybody to style the end result,” Andrés mentioned in a press launch. 

GOOD Meat is the second firm to realize FDA’s nod for step one towards full approval of cultured meats.  (GOOD Meat)

Cultivated meat is derived from a small pattern of animal cells which can be fed vitamins and grown in metal vats earlier than being processed into cuts of meat.

According to GOOD Meat, 70% of Singaporeans who tried GOOD Meat’s cultivated hen mentioned it tasted pretty much as good or higher than typical hen. Nearly 90% of these diners mentioned they’d substitute typical hen with cultivated hen.