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Vireo Advisors Celebrates Earth Day: Our Commitment to Sustainability

As Earth Day dawns, we are reminded of the profound significance of our planet's health and the imperative to safeguard it for future generations. Our commitment to enabling a safer and more sustainable economy is unwavering.

Bio-Based, Events, Environment, ESG, Safety, Sustainability, Commercialization, Cultured Meat, Food Innovation, Innovation, LeadershipFiona CaseApril 19, 2024Earth Day, Sustainability

Regulating the Future of Food Conference November 23-24, 2023

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.

Cultured Meat, Events, Leadership, RegulationLeslie HockmanAugust 28, 2023Regulating the future of food conference, cultivated meatComment

Establishing safety and supporting commercialization for renewable nanomaterials: Vireo at the TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference

Vireo has been working for the past decade to establish safety and support commercialization for microfibrillated cellulose, cellulose nanocrystals and a host of other emerging biomaterials. Our lead scientists are sharing their experience and provide practical guidance in presentations, posters, discussion panels and networking events at the 2023 TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference.

Cellulose, Sustainability, Risk Analysis, Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, Events, Bio-Based, SafetyFiona CaseJune 13, 2023TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference 2018, Nanocellulose

Scientific advice for the FAO/WHO on cell-based food products and food safety considerations

Cultured Meat, Events, Leadership, InnovationFiona CaseNovember 1, 2022worldhealthorganization, futureoffood, foodsafety, foodtech, sdg12Comment

FDA NanoDay Symposium 2022

The U.S. FDA NanoDay Symposium 2022, on October 11, 2022, will include an overview and discussion of their Guidance for Industry on drug products, including biological products, which contain nanomaterials.

Events, Guidance, NanomaterialsFiona CaseSeptember 23, 2022FDA, NanoDay Symposium 2022, nanomaterials, food contact nanomaterialsComment

View Dr. Kimberly Ong’s “Solving for Safety” Presentation from the New Harvest 2022: Experience Cellular Agriculture Conference

During the New Harvest 2022: Experience Cellular Agriculture Conference, Dr. Kimberly Ong of Vireo Advisors, LLC discussed how to bring safe products to market by evaluating and demonstrating safety in her presentation “Solving for Safety”.

Commercialization, Cultured Meat, Innovation, Leadership, Risk Analysis, Safety, Regulation, Events, Food Innovation, Sustainability, PolicyLeslie HockmanAugust 31, 2022New Harvest, New Harvest 2022: Experience Cellular Agriculture Conference, Dr. Kimberly Ong, Solving for Safety, cultured meatComment

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.

Bio-Based, Events, Nanomaterials, Sustainability, SafetyFiona CaseAugust 24, 2022UMaine CNM Forum, cellulose nanomaterial, Sappi North America Inc, novel bio-based materials, EHS, Sustainability, U.S. Forest Service Forest Products LaboratoryComment

Vireo Advisors takes the stage and supports the future of New Harvest

New Harvest recently announced they are running out of runway. Isha Datar, Executive Director of New Harvest said that she is no longer confident that New Harvest will raise their budgeted total for the year. She fears that they must move from a growth mindset to survival mode due to the economic slowdown, which is delaying anticipated gifts.

Cultured Meat, Leadership, Innovation, Events, Food Innovation, Risk Analysis, SafetyFiona CaseJune 12, 2022New Harvest, cell ag community, sustainable future for cultured meat and seafoodComment

Cultivated Meat Stumps Gourmand

Tel Aviv-based cultivated meat start-up SuperMeat hosted the world’s first public blind taste test between cultivated and conventional chicken.

Cultured Meat, Innovation, Leadership, Food Innovation, EventsLeslie HockmanFebruary 21, 2022cultivated meat, SuperMeat, Michal Ansky, Mast Chef judgeComment

Vireo Advisors Hosting Workshop on Market-specific Safety Requirements for Cellulose Nanomaterials at TAPPI Nano 2022!

Vireo Advisors, LLC is proud to announce we are hosting a workshop on market-specific safety demonstration requirements for new substances, with a focus on cellulose nanomaterial applications.

Leadership, Nanomaterials, Safety, Regulation, EventsJames EdeFebruary 15, 2022TAPPI Nano 2022, Market-specific Safety Requirements for Cellulose Nanomaterials, 2022 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, safety demonstrations for nanomaterialsComment