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USDA approves lab-grown meat for sale: What you need to know

A chef prepares Good Meat's cultivated chicken. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
A chef prepares Good Meat's cultivated chicken. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Last week, the Department of Agriculture approved the sale of cultivated or ‘lab-grown’ meat. It means that chicken grown from cells in a production facility will be available on the market for the first time — a huge moment for the food industry

Bloomberg food reporter Deena Shanker joins host Scott Tong for more.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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