- Following Brazil’s first outbreak in May 2025, the European Union (EU) officially recognized the country as free from bird flu, beginning negotiations to resume chicken imports to the EU. EU
European Union Releases Plans to Help Boost Novel Food Applications
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- On July 2, 2025, the European Commission published a new Communication entitled “a strategy to position the EU as the world’s most attractive place for life sciences by 2030.” Recognizing
First EU Application Submitted for Lab-Grown Meat Product as Novel Food
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- French start-up, Gourmey, has submitted the EU’s first application for novel food approval of a cultivated meat product, duck foie gras, which it is offering in both a pâté “semi-cuit”
Olive Oil Fraud and Mislabeling Cases in EU Hit Record High
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- The EU has seen a record number of potential fraud, safety, and mislabeling cases involving olive oil so far this year as demand increases for what is considered a kitchen
AI Regulation: The Next Frontier
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As the federal government continues to wrestle with the complex issue of regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the wake of the release of President Biden’s Executive Order, states have…
Continue Reading AI Regulation: The Next FrontierNew Restrictions on Poultry and Poultry Products from France and the EU
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- On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it would be placing restrictions on the importation of poultry from France,
The Netherlands Provides Taste Testing of Cell-Cultivated Meat and Seafood
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- Although some consider the Netherlands to be the birthplace of cultivated meat, cultivated meat has not yet received pre-market approval in the European Union (EU). Nevertheless, the Netherlands has forged
European Parliamentary Committee Rejects Proposed Lower Limits for Nitrite and Nitrite additives; Favors Total Ban
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- On June 27, 2023, the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) narrowly voted against a proposal to lower the maximum permitted limits for the food additives
EU Considers Benefits of New Genomic Techniques
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- On April 29, 2021, the European Commission published a study considering the status of “new genomic techniques” (NGTs) under EU law. The study defined NGTs as techniques for altering genetic
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EFSA Declares Mealworms Safe for Human Consumption
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- The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released a scientific opinion in the EFSA Journal on January 13, 2021 evaluating the safety of dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) and
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