AMPS congratulates leading member Wildtype, a pioneer in producing American cultivated seafood, on the world’s first approval for cultivated seafood for their cultivated salmon. This will mean 100% American-made, healthy, fresh, sushi-grade seafood grown directly from fish cells will be on menus at restaurants in the U.S., making cultivated proteins available to American consumers from now on, beginning May 2025. Wildtype will launch their breakthrough salmon in the renowned restaurant Kann (Portland, Oregon)—expanding to four restaurants across the country through 2025. 

Wildtype is the fourth cultivated-protein producer to complete the rigorous US pre-market scientific and safety consultation, and the third to have full approval to sell.

“Wildtype’s achievement is a watershed moment for domestic seafood production and for the cultivated protein industry overall,” said Dr. Suzi Gerber, Executive Director of AMPS. “The thoughtful, evidence-driven review proves that innovative food technologies meet the highest safety standards, and can play a vital role in healthy American diets, while strengthening our food system’s domestic production and resilience, supporting the President’s executive order to expand seafood production in the U.S.” 

AMPS is committed to working collaboratively with federal and state regulators, seafood and meat producing communities, and other stakeholders to ensure clear, science-based pathways for cultivated meat, poultry, and seafood so that all Americans can benefit from these advances. We look forward to supporting Wildtype as it launches its delicious, health-promoting, and safe, protein to diners across the United States.

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