‘A new era’: Lab-grown meat gets approval for sale in US

Two companies, Upside Foods and Good Meat, said on Wednesday they have received final US Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval to sell lab-grown meat, paving the way for the nation’s first-ever sales of the product. The companies are the first to complete a multi-step approval process for so-called cultivated meat, which is derived from a sample of livestock cells that are fed and grown in steel vats. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already determined that the food is safe to eat. Ricardo San Martin is Director of University of California, Berkeley's Alt: Meat Lab. He joins us live from Berkeley’s for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #LabGrownMeat #USDA #FDA #UpsideFoods #GoodMeat #AlternativeMeat #FakeMeat #Alt:MeatLab