The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.

Kora Kukk Kora Kukk

Vireo, GFI APAC, and FRESH Publish “Development of a Safety-Assessed Media Ingredient (SAMI)Framework for Streamlined Safety Assessment of Cultivated Meat and Seafood Product”

Vireo Advisors, LLC, in collaboration with the Good Food Institute Asia Pacific, and Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH) have developed a safety assessment framework for culture media components, including a preliminary list of those commonly used in cultivated meat and seafood production, a proposed categorization, and safety-assessed use levels. 

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James Ede James Ede

Texas becomes the 7th US State to ban Cultivated Meat – while global approvals and consumer interest continue to grow

With several other US states are also considering similar bans, discussions about consumer freedom arise: If global regulators like the FDA and FSANZ have thoroughly reviewed a product and found it to be safe - after assessing every ingredient, the production process, and its similarity to conventional foods - shouldn’t consumers be free to decide for themselves?

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Food Safety of Fermented Proteins and Cultivated Meat and Seafood

Food Safety of Fermented Proteins and Cultivated Meat and Seafood, written by Kimberly J. Ong, Fiona Case and Jo Anne Shatkin from Vireo Advisors, chapter 6 in Cellular Agriculture Technology, Society, Sustainability and Science published by Elsevier, reviews potential hazards specific to the manufacture and consumption of fermented proteins and cultivated meat and seafood….

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