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Want to try lab-grown salmon? The US just approved it.

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First time a lab-grown seafood company has been allowed to sell its product in the US .

Cultivated seafood is now available for sale in Portland , Oregon .

The company is the fourth cultivated protein company to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration .

The FDA says it had “no questions” about Wildtype ’s conclusion that its salmon is “as safe as comparable foods.

Biotechnology is needed to meet the rising demand for meat and seafood without depleting natural resources.

Overfishing and warming temperatures pose risks to global food security.

Fish farms are an increasingly common alternative to wild fisheries, but these energy-intensive operations can pollute waterways.

Kolbeck framed cultivated salmon as a way to reduce food system’s impact on aquatic ecosystems.

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