The “lab-grown meat” has arrived. Bugs are next

They’ve been warning us that this was coming for years and now it’s finally arrived. This week the US Agriculture Department authorized two California companies to sell “lab-grown meat” to restaurants. Approval for sales to supermarkets is expected to follow. The FDA had previously declared the products “safe to eat” earlier this year. Upside Foods and Good Meat will initially be selling only “chicken,” but we have been assured that “beef” is on the way also. The so-called meat is grown in vats using living cells from actual chickens. (I bet your taste buds are watering already.) It is then processed into shapes that allegedly resemble typical chicken parts. And you can supposedly cook it just as you would a normal chicken. (Associated Press)Read More