Lab-Grown Meat Gets FDA Approval for the First Time Ever The decision is a positive sign for the growing number of producers of lab-grown meat in the US. The FDA shared that it's ready to work with additional firms developing cultured animal cell food and production processes. Advocates and producers of lab-grown meat argue that it will eventually mean cleaner, drug-free and cruelty-free meat. Lab-grown meat has already been approved for sale and consumption in other countries, including Singapore.