A July 8 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a major fast food chain is using a newly-approved method to make products for consumers.
"KFC is serving the lab grown meat in their stores!!!!!!" reads the post. "Be warned!"
A similar claim that KFC and Tyson Foods partnered with lab-grown meat companies was shared more than 1,300 times in one day.
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The company is not currently using lab-grown meat in its products in the U.S. or elsewhere. KFC Russia experimented with it in 2020, but that was a one-time occurrence that has since ended, a spokesperson told USA TODAY. KFC is not one of the companies recently approved to use the method for consumer food products.
The Department of Agriculture approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells for the first time in June, as the Associated Press reported. The approval allows two California companies, Upside Foods and Good Meat, to use the method to produce meat for restaurants and grocery stores. It is not an across-the-board approval for all companies.
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KFC, or Kentucky Fried Chicken, experimented with the method outside of the U.S. market at one time, but it is not currently used in its products.
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