However, the new Labour administration may yet have a negative impact on the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) plans to overhaul its regulatory framework for novel foods, which include cultivated meat and precision-fermented products. The UK has retained the EU’s regulatory process post-Brexit, which has created a massive backlog and made it virtually impossible for companies to get their products on the market. The Conservative government had viewed a departure from EU red tape as a positive for post-Brexit Britain, and had backed the FSA’s moves to make wholesale changes.
Source: Could Labour Hamper the UK’s Novel Food Regulatory Reform?