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 from now, sooner than expected. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods.

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 FSA said teams of scientists and regulatory experts would begin work on the two-year programme to collaborate with the cell-cultivated products industry, academic bodies and trade organisations

Lab-grown meat, dairy and sugar could be available to UK consumers within two years, as the FSA looks to accelerate its approval process.

Food grown from cells in a lab could be sold in the UK within two years. Cells from plants or animals are grown in a controlled environment to make food products. The Food Standards Agency said it was committed to completing the full safety assessment of two cell-cultivated products (CCPs) within the next two years.

Cultivated meat products such as burgers created without animals being killed could be on UK shelves within two years.

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,