While a handful of states have banned the sale or production of lab-grown meat within their borders, the infant industry is still innovating. Cultivated salmon company Wildtype received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in late May, and the company announced it would soon be served at a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, with additional restaurants set to serve the fish in the coming months.
"We're proud to share that we completed a thorough pre-market safety consultation with FDA," the company said in a press release this month. "Transparency is important to us at Wildtype."
Wildtype is the third lab-grown meat producer to receive full government approval. Two other companies focused on lab-grown chicken gained approval in 2023. Cultivated chicken enjoyed a brief restaurant-based debut that year before falling out of the commercial market. With Wildtype's launch, it will be the only lab-cultivated meat product available for commercial sale in the United States.
