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.
Scaling Food-Grade MFC for Safe and Sustainable Produce Packaging
Vireo Advisors, LLC and partners have received funding to advance the commercialization of a microfibrillated cellulose-based sustainable packaging solution to replace single-use plastic packaging for specialty crops in key global markets.
GOURMEY reaches UK validation milestone as Britain builds regulatory path for cultivated meat
Photo Credit-BY_GOURMEY_Pan-fried foie gras_credit GOURMEY and Romain Buisson
Food safety updates: recent FDA and state actions on food additives and transparency
Photo credit: Ivy Farm-Sausages
OECD Tour De Table Summarizes Advances in Nanomaterial Safety
The report, Developments in Delegations on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials between July 2023 and June 2024 – Tour de Table, includes risk assessment decisions, risk management approaches, good practice documents, research projects, and efforts to implement the OECD recommendation on the safety testing/assessment of nanomaterials.
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?