UK approves first cultivated meat sales in Europe — but only for pet food

Cultivated meat is now 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. “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…

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