Lab meat: Will Canada get left behind?

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Cultivated meat — real protein grown directly from animal cells — is officially moving out of the lab and into commercial production.

While U.S. producers are scaling up, Canada is on a much more cautious timeline.

CBC News’ Johanna Wagstaffe looks into the science behind cellular agriculture and the regulatory framework that novel foods must navigate before hitting Canadian shelves.