The distribution and sale of chicken created from animal cells were permitted by US regulators on Wednesday. This is allowing two California businesses to put “lab-grown” poultry on American restaurant menus and possibly store shelves.

The Agriculture Department approved the sale of what is now known as “cell-cultivated” or “cultured” meat, as it leaves the lab and makes its way to some dinner plates by Upside Foods and Good Meat.

These companies had been competing to be the very first in the US to offer meat that does not originate from massacred animals.

The decision ushers in a new era of meat production that aims to end animal suffering and significantly reduce the environmental effects of grazing, growing animal feed, and animal waste.

Josh Tetrick, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Eat Just, stated the following:

“We could accomplish it in an alternative manner, rather than using all that land and all the freshwater that’s utilized for feeding creatures that are murdered.”

The businesses were granted permission to conduct the federal inspections needed for distributing flesh and poultry in the US.

After the Food and Drug Administration determined the goods from both businesses are safe for consumption, the action was taken months later. The goods can also be produced by Joinn Biologics, a manufacturing business that collaborates with Good Meat.

In stainless-steel containers, cells taken from a living animal, a fertilized egg, or a specific bank of preserved cells are used to develop the meat for consumption.

In the scenario of Upside, it emerges in substantial sheets that are subsequently shaped into items like chicken slices and sausages.

Good Meat processes large quantities of chicken cells into cutlets, nuggets, shred meat, and satays in Singapore, which was the first nation to permit it. However, don’t expect to find this unique meat in supermarkets any time soon.