We are pleased to announce a new publication in Foods highlighting work to advance safety assessment approaches for cultivated meat. This work is an output of the Cultured Meat Safety Initiative (CMSI), in collaboration with Ruth Wonfor and partners at Multus, reflecting the importance of cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and safety experts.‍‍ ‍

The Vireo CMSI team is in London, UK this week for the first ever UK CMSI Workshop during London Climate Action Week - Developing standards for ‘food-safe’ culture media in cultivated meat and seafood applications.

We were thrilled to host another CMSI Phase 3 working session earlier this month in collaboration with New Harvest!  Thank you to all our participants for sharing their insights on addressing cultured meat safety research priorities. We had many fantastic discussions at the working session and are excited for the research collaborations to follow! Huge thanks to Wildtype for the venue, UC Davis iCAMP for hosting the networking session, and NSF/USDA for financial support.

We’re excited to announce that New Harvest and Vireo Advisors are launching a series of working sessions for 2024-2025 to formally kick off Phase 3 of the Cultured Meat Safety Initiative (CMSI)!