cell-cultured foods

Five companies creating meat imitating products have formed a coalition for educating consumers and advocating for market access.  The Alliance for Meat, Poultry & Seafood Innovation was founded to allow the sector to “speak with a unified voice”.   The coaliti...

Despite claims to the contrary, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says cell-based meats, or fake meats, are not a ‘zero sum’ product.  Colin Woodall, NCBA senior vice president of government affairs, said despite being the current darling in regard to the media and the financial community, there are still a lot of unknowns about the product.  He added cell-based ...

Montana has joined the growing list of states to pass legislation clarifying the difference between animal meats and cell-cultured meats. The state’s House and Senate have passed legislation dubbed the Real Meat Act, which meat industry publication Meatingplace said will clarify what is hamburger and ground beef and provide a definition for “cell-cultured edible product.”   T...

The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association applauded the joint regulatory effort on cell-cultured products announced last week.  The organization said the announcement by the USDA and the FDA follows suggestions from its membership.   FDA will oversee cell collection, cell banks, and cell growth and differentiation. A transition from F...

The Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration agreed to a joint regulation of cell-cultured foods.  The announcement last week follows a public meeting from last month featuring discussion on how best to regulate cell-cultured, or so-called lab-grown products.  Feedbac...