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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The FAO and WHO have called for experts and data on two different subjects as well as announcing a webinar on cell-based food.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) call for experts covers the risks and benefits of fish consumption.

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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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Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, sent the below letter regarding so-called lab meat and other cell-cultured foods to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States, on March 28.


Dear Mr. Dodaro:

I am writing to request that GAO investigate what regulatory framework, if any, exists for cell-cultured
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