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Nor have there been any reported safety issues with the product, demonstrating that the regulatory process is sufficient. The precise environmental impact, particularly in respect to energy use, will not be known until the product is being produced at a commercial scale. It is unstated which of these items will be required for cultivated meat or what information will be required to fulfil the criteria. The demonstration kicked off an entirely new industry seeking to overcome the technological hurdles and achieve societal and regulatory acceptance for mass-producing cultivated meat.

We have a limited 'viewing period' for vehicles and items being auctioned in the lead up to each sale. From the lab to the supermarket: In vitro meat as a viable alternative to traditional meat production. In sum, a specific question which will be raised during the regulatory process is that of labelling requirements – an issue likely to have a large impact on commercial success or failure. He has created some charming characters in pre-school novelty books such as Peek-a-Boo Penguins to the best selling picture book character series Bright Stanley (where the first book was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award in 2007). A lot of people can’t live without this or that, but we have so many cars coming through here, and I get my fix from many different things,” he says.argued that the novel food regulations have failed to protect public safety, evidenced by the continued presence of unapproved goods on the market; while simultaneously failing to encourage innovation, evidenced by the slowness of the process (then averaging 40 months), high cost of seeking approval, and low number of approvals. Farming also contributes significantly to habitat loss and reduced biodiversity through extensive land use, the effects of fertilisers and pesticides, and deforestation and land degradation. The Renault was already in our colours when we were looking for an advertising vehicle, but my heart isn’t really in it,” says Derek. By contrast, cultivated meat, by replicating the experience of eating conventional meat, stands a strong chance of changing behaviour, and thus becoming a viable alternative.

There are moral questions, such as whether cultivated meat represents a further commodification of animals and the risk of unintended consequences of biotechnology through to whether this technology could enable consumption of human flesh.The UK could similarly recognise equivalent, high-standard authorities such as Singapore’s Food Safety Standards, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, and the US Food and Drug Administration. But this is only possible if the regulator is willing to take a new approach and if policymakers update existing processes. Companies are also developing other cultivated products, including steak, chicken, pork, lamb, duck, fish, shrimp, foie gras, kangaroo, mouse and horse – as well as cultivated dairy products including milk and cheese, though this paper will primarily focus on meat-related applications.

Firms with an innovative product apply to join the sandbox and, if successful, are then allocated a dedicated case manager who help support the development and testing of the product.UK-based Ivy Farms has similarly raised concerns that having to fully define the product in advance of a regulatory process limits further innovation (White 2021). It is also notable that the government’s food strategy highlighted, under the headline of reducing barriers and bureaucracy, the need to review the novel food regulations to help innovators and investors (DEFRA 2022: 20).