SINGAPORE – Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants for the first time after winning the green light from Singapore regulators.
US start-up Eat Just said Wednesday that its meat, created from animal cells and produced in bioreactors, had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken bites.
It said in a statement the news marked a “breakthrough for the global food industry,” as it seeks to find less environmentally harmful ways of producing meat.
The company said it had conducted over 20 production runs in 1,200 liter bioreactors, and checks on safety and quality showed its “cultured” product – the term for meat grown in labs from animal cells – met food standards.
The meat was approved by the Singapore Food Agency after an extensive safety review, Eat Just said. (AFP)
