ConsiliumA dispute is brewing in Europe over climate-friendly protein production in fermenters between EU member states that are in favour of or against protein production independent of agricultural land. Germany, Denmark and supporters called on the EU Commission to formulate a European protein strategy triggering protests from farmers.
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EniferAs the first Nordic company seeking Novel Food approval for a mycoprotein ingredient, Finnish Enifer has filed a authorisation application for it brand PEKILO to the EU food watchdog EFSA.
GourmeyThe EU’s food watchdog EFSA has updated its guidelines for novel food applications including cell-based and fermented foods to streamline approval times and clarify that food safety is its highest priority when recommending novel food products for market authorisation.
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).
German-Portuguese biotech start-up MicroHarvest GmbH and a Munich-based pet food manufacturer want to launch the first dog snack made by single cell protein.
Danish CDMO 21st.BIO A/S has unveiled a new pilot plant facility to accelerate scaling of biotech processes ranging from food and beverages, agriculture, biomaterials, and biopharma.
The French Republicans have tabled a bill in the National Assembly aimed at banning the commercialisation of cell-based meat in France.
Finnish protein maker Solar Foods has closed an oversubscribed €8M Series B financing and will expand Solein protein production and support the construction of a commercial production plant.
The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag has announced to channel €38m in funding into the sustainable protein transition next year.
German precision fermentation specialist MicroHarvest GmbH has launched a single-cell protein pilot plant in Lison with an initial capacity of 25kg per day.