FSA UKThe UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has selected eight companies to participate in a two-year regulatory programme set to speed up market approval and safety assessment of cell-cultivated products.
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adobe-Stock.comCHONCHANOK PHOTOGerman-Canadian food tech specialist The Cultivated B reports that it has identified a small molecule that can replace bovine fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in the production of cell-based meat with a stable, scalable small molecule that results in reproducible quality of sustainably cultured meat.
Romain BuissonNot the German InFamily Foods subsidiary The Cultivated B, but Gourmey SAS, founded in Paris in 2019 by Antoine Davydoff, Nicolas Morin-Forest and Victor Sayous, has submitted the first EU authorisation application for a cell-based meat product, a duck liver pâté (Foie gras), to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
As cultivated meat moves closer to commercialisation, we are seeing a worrying trend of misinformation entering the public debate. This food can play a vital role in ensuring Europe’s food system is fit for the future – helping satisfy the growing demand for meat while boosting food security – but political opposition has mounted, with the Italian government taking the controversial step of banning cultivated meat.
The French Republicans have tabled a bill in the National Assembly aimed at banning the commercialisation of cell-based meat in France.