USDA grants Upside Foods and Good Meat approval to sell cultivated chicken in the US

Upside Foods/Cultivated chicken

Upside Foods received a USDA Grant of Inspection, the final regulatory step enabling U.S. sales of its cultivated chicken after FDA review and USDA label approval. The product, over 99% cultivated cells, was set to debut at chef Dominique Crenn's Bar Crenn in San Francisco; GOOD Meat received the same approval and planned a debut at a José Andrés restaurant in Washington, D.C.

• USDA Grant of Inspection: final pre-market regulatory step completed; Upside can begin commercial production and sales
• Product: over 99% cultivated chicken cells; initial launch in limited quantities through select restaurants
• Restaurant debut: Bar Crenn in San Francisco (Dominique Crenn's three-Michelin-star establishment)
• Pipeline: sausages, nuggets and dumplings in development requiring separate FDA and USDA approvals