For the first time, United States Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) approved Lab Grown Meat for Human consumption

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time cleared a meat product grown from animal cells for human consumption. It was developed by UPSIDE Foods, a company that makes cell-cultured meat.

The ability to take a small number of cells from living animals and grow them in a controlled environment to create food made from cultured animal cells is an emerging area of food science. Advancements in cell culture technology are enabling food developers to use cells obtained from livestock, poultry, seafood, or other animals in the production of food.

The Science of Making Food with Cultured Animal Cells:

There is a long history of scientific advances in biology, biochemistry, and engineering that have led to the innovations enabling the growth of animal cells outside of the animal itself, in a controlled environment, for food. The complex process can be broadly summarized in a few steps.

Step 1: Manufacturers typically start with a sample of cells from the tissue of an animal, a process that does not require harm to or death of the animal. Some cells from the sample are selected, screened, and grown to make a “bank” of cells to store for later use.


Step 2: A small number of cells are taken from the cell bank and placed in a tightly controlled and monitored environment (typically, a number of sealed sterile vessels of increasing size) that supports growth and cellular multiplication by supplying appropriate nutrients and other factors.


Step 3: After the cells have multiplied many times over into billions or trillions of cells, additional substances (for example, protein growth factors, new surfaces for cell attachment, additional nutrients) are added to the controlled environment to enable the cells to differentiate into various cell types and assume characteristics of muscle, fat, or connective tissue cells.


Step 4: Once the cells have differentiated into the desired type, the cellular material can be harvested from the controlled environment and prepared using conventional food processing and packaging methods.


https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/lab-grown-meat-receives-approval-for-human-consumption-by-fda/article66149280.ece
https://www.fda.gov/food/food-ingredients-packaging/human-food-made-cultured-animal-cells

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