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EFSA’s novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a ‘trough of disillusionment’

A year ago, applications for a cell-cultured foie gras product were dropped off at the United States Food and Drug Administration, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), the Food Standards Agency

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2025

EFSA’s novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a ‘trough of disillusionment’

National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat

A bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators have introduced legislation banning the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) from including cell-cultivated meat products on its menu. The NSLP is the federally

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Feb 2024

National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat

Letter From The Editor: New Products

Sometime during the pandemic, I found myself at the Apple store in Austin. I needed a replacement for my MacBook Air and a nice lady helping me suggested I add

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Nov 2022

A food revolution is on its way; food safety and technology linked in the process

— OPINION — It’s a food revolution in the making. But it’s not happening down on the farm. Instead, it’s happening in labs where cells taken from live chickens,

By Cookson Beecher

/ 23 Nov 2022

A food revolution is on its way; food safety and technology linked in the process

Human milk the next challenge for cellular ag

Why not make human milk in a lab? As improbable and far-fetched — and maybe even blasphemous — as it may seem, scientists are working on doing just that. More than that,

By Cookson Beecher

/ 6 May 2022

Human milk the next challenge for cellular ag

Enzi-Tester bill would make FDA-USDA agreement on cell-culture technology the law of the land

A bipartisan pair of influential Western senators wants to “cement into law how government agencies regulate food produced using animal cell-culture technology.” Sens. Mike Enzi, R-WY, and Jon Tester, D-MT,

By News Desk

/ 18 Dec 2019

Enzi-Tester bill would make FDA-USDA agreement on cell-culture technology the law of the land

3 states join contested Missouri ban on using “meat” on cell-cultured product labels

While lawyers continue talking in Missouri, lawmakers in at least three more states have passed bills to legally prohibit “mislabeling” of food products derived from animal cultures, plants or insects

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Apr 2019

3 states join contested Missouri ban on using “meat” on cell-cultured product labels

Cell-cultured edible products plus country origin labeling up for hearing tomorrow in Montana

An orthopedic surgeon from Kalispell wants to stretch Montana’s law to mandate country of origin signs at stores selling products from livestock and poultry “born and raised” in the

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Feb 2019

Cell-cultured edible products plus country origin labeling up for hearing tomorrow in Montana

Nebraska bill would ban ‘meat’ labels on lab-grown, insect and plant ‘products’

The mystery Nebraska State Sen. Carol Blood created briefly Tuesday by withdrawing her bill to limit the use of the term “meat” on product labels in the state was short-lived.

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Jan 2019

Nebraska bill would ban ‘meat’ labels on lab-grown, insect and plant ‘products’

Of diamonds and meat: Culturing a better future

Opinion The USDA and FDA recently announced their historic agreement to jointly regulate meat grown from animal cells, helping pave the pathway to commercialization of what’s often called cultured

By Guest Contributor

/ 20 Nov 2018

Of diamonds and meat: Culturing a better future

There’s room on the hamburger bun for cell-cultured meat and politics

Opinion During the recent Good Food Institute conference on cell-cultured meat, an industry executive remarked that he tries to stay away from politics and focus on his company and developing

By Brian Ronholm

/ 25 Sep 2018

There’s room on the hamburger bun for cell-cultured meat and politics

USDA, FDA team up to hear comments about what can be called “meat”

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Drug Administration are teaming up in October for a joint public meeting on the use of cell culture

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Sep 2018

USDA, FDA team up to hear comments about what can be called “meat”

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cell-cultured

EFSA’s novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a ‘trough of disillusionment’

National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat

Letter From The Editor: New Products

A food revolution is on its way; food safety and technology linked in the process

Human milk the next challenge for cellular ag

Enzi-Tester bill would make FDA-USDA agreement on cell-culture technology the law of the land

3 states join contested Missouri ban on using “meat” on cell-cultured product labels

Cell-cultured edible products plus country origin labeling up for hearing tomorrow in Montana

Nebraska bill would ban ‘meat’ labels on lab-grown, insect and plant ‘products’

Of diamonds and meat: Culturing a better future

There’s room on the hamburger bun for cell-cultured meat and politics

USDA, FDA team up to hear comments about what can be called “meat”

Your Support Protects Public Health