Poultry is the second most widely eaten meat in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Just ahead of poultry (33%) is pork at 36%. Americans are also eating twice as much ...

U.S. regulators approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.

Chicken grown from animal cells, not from slaughtered birds, can now be sold in the U.S. The Agriculture Department issued approvals Wednesday to California firms Upside Foods and Good Meat to ...