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Lab-grown chicken meat approved for sale for the first time

By Tara Rippin • Published: 02 Dec 2020 • 15:34

Lab-grown chicken meat has been approved for sale for the first time.

EXPECTED to be launched in a restaurant “in the very near term”, in what is a landmark regulatory approval, Singapore will allow American company East Just to sell the product.

The firm said the meat grown in a laboratory will be available as nuggets and will be sold at premium chicken prices.

Concerns about health, the environment and animal welfare have seen an increased demand for alternatives to meat from slaughtered animals, and it is hoped this could be the future.

But there are concerns over the added expense to consumers as cultured meat is more costly.

San Francisco-based Just Eat is also believed to be in talks with US regulators.

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Tara Rippin

Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region.
She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990.
Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.
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