US paves way to get ‘lab meat’ on plates
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U.S. authorities on Friday agreed on how to regulate food products cultured from animal cells, paving the way to get so-called «lab meat» on American plates. The Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration agreed to share regUS paves way to get ‘lab meat’ on plates
U.S. authorities on Friday agreed on how to regulate food products cultured from animal cells, paving the way to get so-called «lab meat» on American plates. The Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration agreed to share regulation of cell-cultured food products, they said in a joint statement, following a public meeting in October. While technical details have yet to be confirmed, the FDA would oversee the collection and differentiation of cells --- when stem cells develop to specialized cells --- while USDA would oversee production and labeling of food products. "This regulatory framework will leverage both the FDA's experience regulating cell-culture t...Keep on reading: US paves way to get ‘lab meat’ on plates Read more