Upside Foods, a cultivated meat, poultry and seafood company, is announcing that it obtained label approval for its cultivated chicken from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. With an approved label in hand, Upside Foods is now working with USDA to obtain a Grant of Inspection (GOI) for its Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center (EPIC), the last remaining item in the premarket regulatory process before the company can commercially produce and sell its cultivated chicken in the United States. The label uses the term "cell-cultivated chicken."
As a cultivated meat product grown directly from real animal cells, Upside's chicken is subject to the same labeling requirements as conventionally produced meat products. Upside Foods has now demonstrated full compliance with all premarket requirements for labeling and can begin commercial production and sales as soon as it obtains a GOI from USDA. Upside's chicken will proudly bear the USDA mark of inspection on its packaging after it passes USDA inspection.