Experts say dogs should not eat certain foods on Memorial Day, such as grilled steak, chicken wings and grilled ribs, because of possible choking hazards. (Don Mason/Getty Images)
(NewsNation) — Pets across the pond will soon be digging into lab-grown food, as the United Kingdom has become the first country in Europe to approve the sale of cultivated meat for animal feed.
The watershed approval is for Meatly, a British company that aims to “create healthy, delicious food for our pets without costing the planet.”
According to the company, its product is made by feeding chicken egg cells with vitamins, minerals and amino acids inside a container that “regulates things like temperature and acidity, similar to making yogurt or beer.”
Meatly plans to launch the first feeding trials of its farmed chicken in August.
“I’m very proud that Meatly is the first company in Europe to get the green light to sell cultured meat,” CEO Owen Ensor said in a press release. “We’re proving there’s a safe and low-capital way to quickly bring cultured meat to market.”
It’s a step in a greener direction for an industry whose annual greenhouse gas emissions equal those of smaller countries like the Philippines and Mozambique, according to research published in ScienceDirect.
“Our livestock consume large amounts of meat every day and so this development can play an important part in reducing the emissions, resource consumption, and animal suffering caused by traditional meat production,” said Jim Mellon, founder of agronomics for Meatly, in a press release.
The US approved the sale of lab-grown meat in June 2023, with some states banning or restricting it where possible.
