Cellular Agriculture Australia Calls for Clearer and Verifiable Impact Metrics for Cell-Based Foods
The cellular agriculture industry faces pressure to communicate its impact potential to policymakers, investors, and consumers. However, most impact claims companies make are often aspirational, reflecting an industry at scale that may not align with short-term or medium-term realities. Vague and ambiguous claims such as “future-friendly,” “planet-friendly,” “kinder,” “cleaner,” and “clean”; metrics such as “animal lives saved” or “deaths avoided,” which are difficult to verify; and specific claims such as …
Cellular Agriculture Australia Unveils New Resources to Help Companies Streamline Food Safety Applications
Nonprofit organisation Cellular Agriculture Australia (CAA) announces the release of its new Regulation Resource Hub, created to help cell ag companies streamline their food safety application process for novel foods and gene technology in Australia and New Zealand. CAA’s new pay-to-access tool includes tailored online learning materials, dossier templates, and step-by-step guidance on Australia’s food safety regulation framework. While the Australian regulatory framework is well-equipped to approve novel foods, there is a …
Cellular Agriculture Australia Launches New Language Guide to Standardise Terminology in the Industry
Nonprofit organisation Cellular Agriculture Australia (CAA) announces the launch of a new tool, Language Guide V1.0, developed to standardize and harmonise the terminology of the cellular agriculture industry. Using secondary research and input from sector leaders across the APAC region, CAA’s new Language Guide sets a unified terminology and key terms. At the same time, it provides optional communication guidelines for marketing and brand positioning strategies to help companies address language inconsistencies …
Australia’s First Online Course on Cellular Agriculture Launches to Help Students Break Into the Sector
Nonprofit organisation Cellular Agriculture Australia (CAA) announces the launch of the first online course on cellular agriculture in collaboration with industry, academia, and regulatory organisations. Cellular agriculture is a relatively new discipline and is often described as a futuristic way of agriculture using just a tiny fraction of agricultural land compared to the traditional production of animal products. While formal education programs on cellular agriculture are still a rarity, the …
“Pathways” Version 2 Launched to Drive More Talent into Cellular Agriculture in Australia
Cellular Agriculture Australia has updated its interactive Pathways tool to drive and guide more talent into cellular agriculture research. The update includes the addition of non-STEM areas addressing the social, economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the cellular agriculture movement. Nonprofit organization Cellular Agriculture Australia is dedicated to accelerating the cellular agriculture sector in the country by developing talent pipelines into the burgeoning industry. The tool had so far been …
Australia: “Pathways” Tool Launched to Help STEM Talent Break Into Cellular Agriculture
Nonprofit organisation Cellular Agriculture Australia (CAA) has created a tool called Pathways into Cell Ag, with the aim of helping students and career-switchers break into cellular agriculture research.
Gourmey Submits Application to Food Standards Australia New Zealand for Approval of Cultivated Duck
French startup Gourmey has submitted an application to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), seeking regulatory approval for its cultivated duck. If approved, the cultivated duck will be mixed with other authorized ingredients to create products such as foie gras and duck pâté. It will be used at an inclusion rate of 5% to 80% by weight of the finished food. The application will be assessed as a General (Level …
Report: Government Support Could Make Australia a Leader in Food Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing
A new report has urged the Australian government to take advantage of the “once in a generation” opportunity to build sovereign capability in food biotechnology and biomanufacturing. Called Made & Grown – The future of food biotechnology & biomanufacturing in Australia, the white paper has been produced through a collaboration between Cellular Agriculture Australia (CAA), ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute (AFII), Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), and the ANU National Security …
Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture to Host Cell-Ag-READY Conference as Country Prepares Guidelines for Sale of Cultivated Foods
The Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA) is set to host a conference called the Cell-Ag-READY Dialogue from November 13 to 14. The event aims to bring international developments in regulatory science to the attention of Japan’s administrative stakeholders. It is organized around three pillars that could help to create a Cell-Ag-READY society — regulatory science, innovation, and communication to bridge the two. The conference will feature lectures and panel …
APAC-SCA and CAA Team Up to Tackle Regulatory Challenges in Cellular Agriculture Across Asia-Pacific
The APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA) and Cellular Agriculture Australia (CAA) have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at advancing the development of cellular agriculture across the Asia-Pacific region. The agreement will focus on regulatory alignment, public engagement, and policy development to build a sustainable food system through the emerging sector. Both organizations are committed to accelerating growth in the cellular agriculture sector by fostering transparency, science-based policies, and …