US declares lab-grown meat safe to eat in ‘groundbreaking’ move

The government's approval will open the market for a food praised for being more efficient and environmentally-friendly

The US government has cleared the way for Americans to be able to eat lab-grown meat, after authorities deemed a meat product derived from animal cells to be safe for human consumption.

The US food and drug administration (FDA) will allow a California company called Upside Foods to take living cells from chickens and then grow them in a controlled laboratory environment to produce a meat product that doesn't involve the actual slaughter of any animals.