Cultivated meat is finally approved for sale in Europe — but don’t break out the fine China just yet. The first dishes are exclusively reserved for pets.
Our furry friends can now legally dine on cultivated chicken from Meatly, a startup based in London.
The company announced on Monday that British regulators have rubber-stamped sales of the product.
By providing the green-light, the UK has become the first European country to commercialise lab-grown meat.
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“It’s the start of a viable and sustainable alternative to traditional dog food,” Meatly’s CEO and founder, Owen Ensor, told TNW.
That sustainability derives from bringing the farm to the lab.