The Emerging Regulatory Framework for Cultivated Meat in Thailand
The Thai Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) launched a public consultation on September 15, 2026, proposing Good Manufacturing Practice…
EU meat naming rules become law as plant-based and cultivated brands face 31-term ban | PPTI News
Regulation (EU) 2026/1739 establishes standardized definitions for meat and meat products across the European Union. This legislation reserves specific terms,…
South Korea moves closer to cell-cultured food regulations
The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has announced new formal standards for cell-cultured processed foods to replace…
New guidance for cell-cultivated and novel food businesses – GOV.UK
The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland has released four guidance documents to assist businesses in navigating the regulatory…
Japan publishes first draft safety guidelines for cultivated meat as regulatory debate advances | PPTI News
Japan’s Food Sanitation Standards Council recently presented a draft guideline for the safety of cell-cultured foods. This document follows thirteen…
Germany to Open Cultivated Meat Innovation Hub As Part of Biotech Roadmap
The German government has introduced a biotechnology roadmap to establish a national innovation hub for cultivated meat and precision fermented…
Beef-Backed Bill Seeks to Ban ‘Meat’ from Lab-Grown & Plant-Based Protein Labels
Bipartisan Congress members have reintroduced the Fair Labels Act, a bill aiming to prohibit plant-based and cultivated protein products from…
Lab-Grown Meat Must ‘Get Through A Lot of Scepticism’ from FDA
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed “amplified concern” regarding cultivated meat, stating these products will face strict…
Industry coalition presses EU to include novel foods in Biotech Act sandboxes
A coalition of organizations, including FoodDrinkEurope and EuropaBio, has urged the European Commission to include novel foods in its proposed…
How regulation is impacting alternative proteins
The cultivated meat sector faces considerable hurdles, primarily due to complex and slow regulatory processes, particularly within the UK and…