FDA clears lab-grown meat for human consumption

(The Hill) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced it has cleared a lab-grown meat product as safe for human consumption for the first time.In a news release, the agency said that after reviewing information from UPSIDE Foods about food the company is making from cultured chicken cells, it has "no further questions at this time about the firm's safety conclusion."The agency noted that before UPSIDE Foods, based in Berkeley, Calif., can bring its products to the market, t