Chicken nuggets that US startup Eat Just created in fermentation tanks will soon be available in a restaurant in Singapore, as the first lab-grown meat in the world to be approved for sale.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) deemed Eat Just's cultured chicken to be safe for human consumption this week.
Singapore is first nation to grant regulatory approval to cultured meat
Described by the company as a "breakthrough for the global food industry", it paves the way for Eat Just's chicken bites and other "cultured chicken formats" to be offered at a partner restaurant in Singapore in the near future. It makes Singapore the first nation to grant regulatory approval to cultured meat. Lab-grown meat, also known as clean meat, does not consist of dead animals but of cells harvested from live animals, which are then grown into a meat product in a lab.
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