But the meat won’t just be produced in some standard biosafety cabinet. Rather, the FDA has specific and stringent requirements for facilities that produce chemicals or [cellular] products that will eventually make their way into humans. And despite what some people will tell you, regulatory agencies are essential for carrying out these requirements. We refer to these requirements as current Good Manufacturing Practice or cGMP. Under cGMP regulations, the facilities, equipment, materials, and quality assurance are held to the highest standard to ensure a product is safe and identical batch-to-batch. Being cGMP compliant requires a very high investment of time and resources and as far as I know, taken very seriously. It’s likely that many cGMP requirements for the production of cellular therapy products could be adapted for in vitro meat production, however it’s also likely that a new framework specifically for in vitro meat would need to be created. You can get a better sense on the details of cGMP here [64, 65].