Could future fishy menu items come from a lab instead of the deep blue sea?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lab-grown salmon.
San Francisco-based cellular agriculture company Wildtype nabbed the FDA’s first-ever approval of cultivated fish.
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Curious customers right now can find Wildtype’s lab-grown salmon at one restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
“We could think of no better partner to introduce our cultivated salmon than award-winning chef and author, Gregory Gourdet. Weekly service began in late May at his James Beard award-winning Haitian restaurant, Kann in Portland, OR,” Wildtype announced.
“Guests are now able to experience Wildtype salmon at Kann on Thursday nights in June, then every day
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