Vita gazette—Cultured meat can be bought in the UK. However, it is intended only for domestic animals. This is the first green light for chicken.

The UK is the first country to approve the sale of cultured meat. By the end of this year, British citizens can go to the supermarket and buy meat grown not on cattle bones but in a laboratory. The Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Department for Environment, Food and Agriculture. For now, they have approved a single pet food product. According to a survey, 50% of Britons are willing to give cultured meat to dogs and cats, and a third are willing to taste it.

The cultivated chicken

This is synthetic chicken obtained by taking a small sample from a chicken egg. The sample is then cultured with vitamins and amino acids in the laboratory, and the cells are in a container similar to the one in which beer is fermented. The result is a paste similar to pâté.

Being able to move autonomously and faster than the European Union thanks to Brexit, the United Kingdom intends to gain a competitive advantage in a sector that in the future could be fundamental to guarantee its citizens a diet similar to the current one without having to come to terms with the ethical issues and environmental impact of animal farming, responsible for a considerable share – between 12% and 20% – of greenhouse gas emissions globally. In fact, according to estimates from the Good Food Institute, large-scale production of cultured meat could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 92% compared to meat from farmed animals.