- As previously reported on this blog, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they will hold a joint meeting on October 23-24,
USDA and FDA Announce Joint Meeting on Animal Cell Culture Technology
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- Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they will hold a joint meeting on October 23-24, 2018, to discuss the use
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GFI and Others Sue Missouri over Plant-Based and Clean Meat Labeling Law
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- The Good Food Institute (GFI), the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, and Turtle Island Foods (Tofurky brand) sued the state of Missouri over a
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Groups Petition FSIS to Change “Product of the USA” Policy
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- The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and American Grassfed Association (AGA) have petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to change its standard for making
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FDA Holds Public Meeting to Discuss the Safety of Food Produced Using Animal Cell Cultures
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- As announced on June 15, 2018, FDA is holding a meeting today to discuss the safety of innovative “cultured” food products (e.g., cultured meat). The meeting is scheduled to last
USDA Issues Guidelines Regarding Livestock Slaughter and Processing Inspection Exemptions
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- On May 24, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a guideline: FSIS Guideline for Determining Whether a Livestock Slaughter or Processing Firm
Missouri and France Prohibit Labeling Plant-Based Products as “Meat”
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- The Missouri Senate has passed an omnibus spending bill that adopts SB 977, the state bill that prohibits the marketing of plant-based meat analogs with the term “meat.” The
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Missouri Considers Plant-Based Meat Labeling Bill
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- The Missouri House approved a bill that would ban companies from labeling lab-grown meat products or meat substitutes as meat (St. Louis Post Dispatch). The labeling proposal is
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USCA petitions USDA for Labeling Alternative Beef Products
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- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulates the quality, safety, and labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products marketed in the United States. Recently,
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Canadian Study Identifies Off-Label Meat in 1 in 5 Sausages
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- Funded by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), University of Guelph researchers have conducted the first-ever Canadian study examining sausage mislabeling. The study examined 100 sausages that were labeled
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