The State of Massachusetts, US, announced a ten-year strategy to support technologies aimed at addressing climate change and promoting environmental sustainability. The sustainable and biobased materials, circular manufacturing, and innovations in sustainable foods that our clients are developing are at the heart of climatetech. We applaud the Healey-Driscoll Administration for their leadership.

Bene Meat Technologies announced that their cultured meat had been included on the EU Feed Material Register specifically for use in cat and dog food. This is great news, but there is an important distinction between EU approval process for feed materials and feed additives, and obtaining EU approval for human consumption of cultured meat will be a much more significant challenge.

Our latest roundup includes regulatory news, company announcements, and notable publications for novel foods, including cultured meat and seafood and ingredients made using new production systems such as precision fermentation.

Our latest roundup includes news about regulatory actions on nanomaterials, food additives, bisphenols and partially hydrogenated oils; new databases for exposure assessment data and regulatory information; company news from UBQ, Performance Biofilaments Inc., Conagen and Amyris, Inc.; and publication of notable papers on safety assessment and safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) approaches.

Dr. Kimberly Ong, safety and regulatory consultant at Vireo Advisors, LLC, exchanged ideas with researchers and regulators from around the world as they worked together to make regulatory systems more efficient for commercialization of cultivated meat and seafood and precision fermented foods, while still holding a high bar for safety.