
The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Rethinking Regulation for Novel Foods
Jurisdictions around the world are actively reviewing how they authorise novel foods. The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has a unique opportunity to completely rethink their approach after leaving the EU. A new report considers how their Novel Foods Regulatory Framework could be improved. New concepts such as collaborative regulation and conditional authorisation and supervision could significantly improve the regulatory approval process for foods such as cultured meat and seafood.
White House announcement of the Bioeconomy Initiative includes support for cultured meat and a streamlined process for regulatory approval
Of particular relevance to Vireo Advisors, LLC and our clients is the intent to improve the clarity and efficiency of the regulatory process for biotechnology products.
U. S. research results for all
The Biden administration just announced that by 2025 publications from U.S. federally funded research need be open access as soon as they are published: Currently they can be behind a paywall for 12 months.
Join us for the annual UMaine CNM forum!
The annual UMaine CNM (cellulose nanomaterial) forum starts today, Wednesday, August 24, and continues on Thursday, August 25.
Cultured Meat Regulation in Japan
According to a report in The Japan News, a team of experts will be established this fiscal year by the Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry to investigate whether there are risks in proposed meat cultivation processes that could adversely affect human health.