Tune in to the latest episode of the MeatingPod podcast where Vireo Advisor’s Kimberly Ong joins Lisa M. Keefe, editor in chief of MeatingPlace and Alt Meat to discuss safety, regulatory approval and consumer acceptance of cultivated meat.

Early bird registration for the 2024 Regulating the Future of Food Conference, co-organized by Vireo and Atova Regulatory Consulting, October 23-24, 2024, in Amsterdam.

Yueyang Zhang (Vireo Advisors, LLC) and Nathan Drew (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) shared their perspectives on the new tools, approaches, and models that are being developed to assess and manage potential risks from #nanomaterials in a National Nanotechnology Institute Webinar on June 27, 2024

Working with our collaborators at Baylor University, UC Davis and the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory we developed and published a biologically relevant gastrointestinal testing strategy to evaluate the safety of surface-functionalized cellulose materials following oral exposure, based on guidance from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

A new Regulation-Free Special Zone in Gyeongsangbuk-do province in Korea will foster innovation in cultured meat and seafood allowing, for example, companies to legitimately procure a wide range of animal cells from biopsies and same-day slaughtered tissues to create cultured meat.