Cultivated meat, cell-cultured meat, cell-based meat? USDA seeks to nail down nomenclature as products get closer to market in the US

Cultivated meat, cell-cultured meat, cell-based meat? USDA seeks to nail down nomenclature as products get closer to market in the US

September 3, 2021, Food Navigator

Brian Sylvester is quoted in Food Navigator about the USDA’s review of labels submitted by cell-cultured meat brands. According to Brian, “Rulemaking of this nature can take years.” He added,

“USDA’s willingness to review and approve labeling for USDA-regulated cell cultured foods, at this stage, is welcome news and demonstrates great flexibility in accommodating new technologies into the existing regulatory framework consistent with USA and FDA precedent.”

In addition, Brian states “To the extent companies have also been working with FDA on premarket safety, then it’s conceivable that USDA-regulated companies wo are ‘all ready to go’ may commercialize cell cultured foods prior to USDA finalizing its labeling rules.”