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.
2025 was the biggest year yet for microfibrillated cellulose regulatory advances
First GMP-compliant test run conducted at UMaine Process Development Center in October 2025
Apply now for the next Cultured Meat Safety Initiative Workshop!
CMSI invites you to join the workshop and actively advance research and methods to evaluate the safety of culture media inputs and related topics.
New Scientific Report Spotlights Effective Alternatives to Animal Toxicological Studies for the Safety Assessment of Cultivated Foods
As the cellular agriculture field advances, unreliable approaches to risk assessment—particularly whole-food animal feeding studies—are ripe for replacement.
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.