Meat, dairy and sugar grown in a lab could be on sale in the UK for human consumption for the first time within two years, sooner than expected. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods. Such products are grown from cells in small chemical plants.

An Edinburgh firm – part of the institute that cloned Dolly the sheep – is to investigate if lab-grown food could be safe for humans to eat. It’s part of a Food Standards Agency (FSA) programme that aims to gather “rigorous scientific evidence” about cell-cultivated products before they can be sold to consumers.

The UK is one of the leaders in the field of developing cell-cultivated products (CCPs) but companies have complained about the difficulties in getting them approved by the Food Standards Agency.

Meat, dairy and sugar grown in a lab could be on sale in the UK for human consumption for the first time far sooner than expected. In fact, it could appear in fridges across the country by 2027. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods.

Lab-grown meat, dairy, and sugar could be available for purchase in the UK within two years, as regulators seek to streamline the approval process. TheFood Standards Agency (FSA) is working with scientists and food firms to accelerate the pathway for these high-tech foods,