The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has started work on assessing the safety of lab-grown meat but only a minority of consumers seem to be willing to consume it.
A team of scientists and regulatory experts will work on the two-year program with academic bodies, the industry and trade organizations.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to assess the safety of cell-based products.
FSA and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have been awarded £1.6 million ($2.1 million) in funding to launch a program for cell-cultivated products.
While “cell-based,” “cultivated” and “cultured” are preferred terminologies, other terms such as “in vitro,” “artificial,”
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Foodborne illness was the most important food safety issue identified in a consumer survey in Australia and New Zealand.
The first Consumer Insights Tracker by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) revealed that nearly half of people had heard about a food recall in the past 12 months.
FSANZ surveyed
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Health officials in Israel have sanctioned the sale of cultivated beef made by Aleph Farms.
Israel’s Ministry of Health has issued regulatory approval for Aleph Cuts in the form of a “No Questions” letter.
The first Aleph Cut to be introduced to diners in Israel — the cultivated Petit Steak
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) plans to publish reports on cell-based food, precision fermentation, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) in 2024.
FAO and the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) held a meeting on cell-based food production and precision fermentation in Shanghai in November 2023. A report on
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Singapore has relocated its national reference laboratory for food science and held a roundtable on novel food regulations.
The National Centre for Food Science (NCFS) is the scientific arm of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the new site was officially opened at the end of October.
The national reference
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In June 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) issued new Directives and a Notice regarding the regulation of cell cultured food products derived from cell lines of USDA-amenable species. These newly-released USDA-FSIS documents — Directive 7800.1, Directive 5730.1, and
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Potential hazards from cell-based food have been identified as part of the first step to assessing the safety of such products.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said cell-based food production involves growing animal agricultural products directly from cell cultures.
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An assessment of hazards in cell-based meat products has found considerable gaps in knowledge.
There are several areas where data is lacking or information is required to manage the risk or hazard that the products may pose. More work is needed from the cultured meat industry and by regulators to
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Experts are to meet in Singapore next month to talk about the safety of cell-based food.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) will organize the event from Nov. 1 to 4.
The aim is to develop a document with up-to-date technical
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