A second state law banning cell-grown meat is being challenged in federal court.
The Institute for Justice (IJ), in collaboration with startups Wildtype and UPSIDE Foods, is suing Texas in an effort to strike down the newly enacted ban on the sale of cultivated meat in the Lone Star State.
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All meat? Or no meat? Or what about something in between? That would be “hybrid meat.” What in the world is that?
In this case, it would be made by mixing cultivated meat, often called cultured or lab meat, with plant-based meat.
Cultivated meat
Cultivated meat is meat grown in
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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, cows, or other livestock are grown in bioreactors similar to those that make beer. That’s where they’re immersed in a carefully
Continue Reading A food revolution is on its way; food safety and technology linked in the process
During the same week that the Food and Drug Administration re-affirmed its approval of Atlantic salmon with an intentionally altered genome, the agency also permitted the growth of chicken from animal cells in laboratories.
The approval went to a specific company, UPSIDE FOODS. The company is a leader among those
Continue Reading Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week