UK Publishes Its First Safety Guidance for Cultivated Products
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has partnered with Food Standards Scotland (FSS) to publish the country’s first safety guidance for cultivated products. The documents have been produced by the FSA and FSS’s CCP Sandbox Program, which focuses on cultivated foods derived from animal cells. Several pieces of safety guidance are set to be published; of these, two are already available. The first confirms that cultivated products made using animal …
Gourmey’s Cell-Cultivated Meat Application Approved by UK Food Agencies
Cultivated meat company, Gourmey, has secured a regulatory milestone in the United Kingdom. The company announced that its application for approval has been validated by both the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS), making it the world’s first cell-cultivated meat company to receive such validation in the UK. Accelerating the path to market “We are proud to announce that GOURMEY is the world’s first cell-cultivated meat company …
UK to Provide Direct Support for Cell-Cultivated Food Companies Through New Pilot Service
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), in collaboration with Food Standards Scotland (FSS), has introduced a pilot support service aimed at assisting companies in the cell-cultivated food sector with the UK market authorisation process. This initiative responds to the increasing number of companies working to bring cell-cultivated products to market, which include foods like cell-grown chicken fillets and beef burgers. The service is designed to provide guidance to businesses throughout the …
Eight Companies Selected for UK’s First Cell-Cultivated Food Safety Programme
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has selected eight companies to participate in a two-year regulatory programme focused on evaluating the safety of cell-cultivated products (CCPs). The initiative is funded by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology’s Engineering Biology Sandbox Fund and will involve collaboration with academic institutions and industry representatives. The programme is designed to gather scientific evidence on the production and safety of CCPs, which will inform …
UK Invests £1.6 Million in Europe’s First Regulatory Sandbox to Fast-Track Cultivated Meat Approvals
The UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced £1.6 million in funding for a regulatory “sandbox” within the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS), specifically for cultivated meat and seafood. Claimed as Europe’s first, the sandbox aims to accelerate the authorization process for these novel proteins. Cultivated meat must undergo a comprehensive food safety assessment in alignment with the UK’s existing regulatory framework …
The UK’s Food Standards Agency Agrees on Reforms to Streamline Approval Process for Novel Foods
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is set to modernise its regulatory procedure for cultivated meat and precision fermentation-derived foods to remove unnecessary delays in bringing these products to market. At a recent board meeting, the FSA agreed upon new reforms that will apply to ‘regulated products,’ which include different food and feed products such as flavorings, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and novel foods (foods that have no history of …