Cell-cultivated chicken

News:

California-based companies cleared to produce and sell cell-cultivated chicken in the USA.

What:

• It refers to chicken meat cultivated in lab for human consumption.

Significance:

• According to the UN FAO, chicken is the 2nd most widely consumed meat in the world after pork. In the US, chicken has been the highest consumed meat since 2010.
• A step towards reducing carbon emissions.
  • According to the FAO, the livestock sector is linked to 14.5% of all anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions.
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