Cultured Meat Symposium: Policy and regulation
Dr. Elliot Swartz maps the key safety considerations, risk assessments, and testing recommendations for cultivated meat manufacturing.
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The first lab-grown meat for sale could come from this Singapore startup that’s re-creating shrimp
Los Angeles Times hypothesizes that because the Singaporean government has already developed regulations for cultivated meat, companies may be encouraged to debut their products in Singapore.
What’s in a name? FDA requests info on labeling of cell-cultured seafood
FoodNavigator summarizes FDA’s request for information on labeling of cultivated seafood products. FDA has sole authority over cultivated seafood, except catfish.
I’ve not eaten KFC since the 80s. Its plant-based chicken nuggets will change that
Ignore the naysayers, explains GFI's Bruce Friedrich. For anyone who cares about the footprint of industrial animal agriculture, we should applaud KFC’s plant-based and cultivated meat plans.
Is the future cultivated meat?
Dr. Elliot Swartz explains the basics of cultivated meat and lays out why this new form of meat production is a crucial innovation.
Alternative meat and dairy companies are raking in investment dollars
Caroline Bushnell, GFI’s vice president of Corporate Engagement, discusses why there’s room for both established and new players in the growing field of alternative proteins.
Dietary change may help us avert future pandemics
GFI's Bruce Friedrich spells out that among the many steps we could take to lower the risk of the next pandemic, perhaps the most effective would be to stop farming animals for meat.
To the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the climate crisis on impact of climate change on agricultural economy
GFI’s comment requests that the Committee work to establish an interagency Alternative Protein Initiative. Learn why doing so would support rural America.
Bottlenecks to the scale-up of cultured and plant-based meat
Jamie Harris of the Sentience Institute speaks with Dr. Elliot Swartz about the science of plant-based and cultivated meat, technical barriers to scaling, and professional opportunities in alternative proteins.
Food safety considerations in cultivated meat
In this webinar, recorded in June 2020, GFIers David Welch and Elliot Swartz discuss food safety considerations for cultivated meat.
