The Association for Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Innovation (AMPS) congratulates Mission Barns on this major global milestone. After the very thorough scientific FDA pre-market consultation Mission Barns has now completed the USDA review and is cleared for sale– the first cell-cultivated pork product in the world to be fully approved for sale. The rigorous evaluation by the USDA includes the inspection and labeling of cultivated meat, as it does for all other meat, ensuring high levels of quality, food safety, and consumer transparency. 

Mission Barns has plans for a series of pilot-scale launches, including at Fiorella and Sprouts Farmers Market to validate the consumer demand and enabling their larger planned B2B commercialization. Mission Barns will be licensing their proprietary facilities and food technology to help other companies navigate pilot launch efficiently- a springboard for broader industry success.

The United States is now the global innovation leader for this emerging industry– 3 approved species, 4 fully approved products for sale. 2025 is a booming year for our industry, with 3 restaurants routinely selling products in the US, and over 68 worldwide. 

American-made cultivated meat and seafood continue to create high-skilled jobs throughout the value chain, enhance U.S. food security, and expand consumer choice filling gaps in supply shortages that serve to create a resilient food system that can help to meet the world’s growing protein demand.

We appreciate the continued commitment of expert scientists at the FDA and USDA who are dedicated to maintaining the highest food safety standards in this emerging category.

For more information about the cultivated meat industry, please visit: ampsinnovation.org