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.
Lessons Learned from the Graphene Flagship Project
A new paper, Safety Assessment of Graphene-Based Materials, published in Small by Fadeel et al. reviews the key results of toxicological and ecotoxicological studies on graphene and 2D materials conducted over a decade by the Graphene Flagship project (2013-2023).
EPA Budget Proposals: Potential Impacts on ORD and TSCA in 2026
Three different funding levels have been proposed for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
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.
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.