Regulations Coming Soon for Lab-Grown Meat

As lab-grown meat moves closer to grocery store shelves, regulators must decide how to regulate food products pulled straight from the pages of science fiction. The sale of lab-grown meat—also called cell-cultured meat, in vitro meat, synthetic meat, fake meat, and “clean” meat—raises two main regulatory issues: How will regulators ensure the safety of this food? And who will oversee the labeling of these products? After a joint public meeting last fall on the topic of meat made in the lab, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a statement announcing that they will be working together to regulate lab-grown meat as the agencies adapt to new technology that challenges existing regulatory schemes. Cell-cultured meat does not fit neatly into the current framework of either FDA or USDA, as it possesses characteristics that fall within the jurisdiction of both agencies. Since it originates from…

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