Yueyang Zhang (Vireo Advisors, LLC) and Nathan Drew (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) shared their perspectives on the new tools, approaches, and models that are being developed to assess and manage potential risks from #nanomaterials in a National Nanotechnology Institute Webinar on June 27, 2024

Working with our collaborators at Baylor University, UC Davis and the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory we developed and published a biologically relevant gastrointestinal testing strategy to evaluate the safety of surface-functionalized cellulose materials following oral exposure, based on guidance from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

A new Regulation-Free Special Zone in Gyeongsangbuk-do province in Korea will foster innovation in cultured meat and seafood allowing, for example, companies to legitimately procure a wide range of animal cells from biopsies and same-day slaughtered tissues to create cultured meat.

Bio-based materials and process innovation can provide alternatives to the materials responsible for the worrying prevalence of microplastics in our bodies, our food, and our pets. Vireo is supporting the commercialization of safer and more sustainable products and processes.

Read the latest report from the Cultured Meat Safety Initiative as we facilitate partnerships between cultured meat and seafood developers and governmental and academic organizations to develop new methods and generate the safety data that is needed for regulatory, consumer, and market acceptance of cultured meat and seafood.