The toolbox includes a suite of physical, chemical, and toxicological testing methods for pre-commercial safety evaluations, as well as compendium of safety data that has been generated to date for first generation cellulose materials (e.g., unmodified MFC) and priority second generation CNs including sulfated (acid hydrolyzed) and carboxyl (TEMPO-oxidized, periodate-chlorite oxidized) surface chemistries.

Jo Anne Shatkin and Kimberly Ong from the Vireo team are heading to Singapore to attend the International Agri-Food Week 2024 taking place between November 18 and 22, 2024.

We’re excited to announce that New Harvest and Vireo Advisors are launching a series of working sessions for 2024-2025 to formally kick off Phase 3 of the Cultured Meat Safety Initiative (CMSI)! 

Last week, Vireo co-organized our first ever conference, Regulating the Future of Food, with our colleagues at Atova and co-located with the Future of Protein Production, at RAI in Amsterdam. It was a terrific event by all measures.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) published its Draft Risk Evaluation for Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP) in August 2024, in accordance with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.