Economic impact assessment of the way in which the EU novel foods regulatory approval procedures affect the EU food sector.

That makes four Bentleys in the Mathewson collection, because he also owns two MkVIs and reckons the model is the most usable luxury classic of the 1950s, with performance that still does well in modern traffic. The technology has transitioned from a purely theoretical concept to a prototype at extraordinary speed.On the one hand, ‘delayed regulatory approval may result in the UK falling behind in the global agri-tech race,’ warns Henry Worthington (2021: 3) of Oxford Economics, while on the other hand: swift regulatory approval in the UK would allow domestic firms to leverage their existing market knowledge and networks to further develop their technological know-how in anticipation of the global market opening up. They’re the best money you’ll spend on local advertising, because the only expense is the signwriting and upkeep.

compares the EU’s novel food process to the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) equivalent in the United States, which can, in some circumstances, simply be affirmed by an independent panel and a peer-reviewed study with limited need for consultations with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and can take months rather than years. Accordingly, it will be important for the FSA to ensure the labelling requirements for cultivated meat are not undermining the product or unduly reflecting incumbent interests. A process like this may be appropriate for a well-defined novel food; it is, however, ill-suited to a rapidly evolving industry, with new manufacturing processes that are constantly changing and improving.A straightforward way to simplify the path to regulatory approval in the UK would be to actively recognise approvals by equivariant regulators (Hewson 2022). The technology, however, could be held back by overregulation in the European Union and the United Kingdom. I got fed up for a period in the 1980s – older enthusiasts will remember it – when all the good stuff was going abroad and much of what was left here was misdescribed rubbish.

Our mission is to work alongside those who care about people, animals and the planet to provide sustainable, healthy and tasty meat that’s 100 per cent harm free.The Singapore experience demonstrates that the novel foods process can be improved without lowering standards. What’s happening in Singapore should have been happening in Europe,’ said Ira van Eelen, who sits on Eat Just’s board and whose father, Dutch scientist Willem van Eelen, patented the technology. The UK has the opportunity, outside of the EU’s regulatory orbit, to reform food regulation to become more welcoming of cultivated meat. discuss the potential for cultivated meat to reduce the risk of food-borne diseases, such as swine flu or avian flu, and antimicrobial resistance by not requiring antibiotics.

If the system is unchanged, companies could be forced to delay applying for regulatory approval until they are confident their processes cannot be substantially improved or, more likely, be using outdated technology by the time they receive regulatory approval. Cultivated meat, by no longer necessitating the mass production and slaughter of animals, could almost entirely alleviate animal suffering. In any case, producers would likely voluntarily adopt this stipulation to build market awareness and differentiate – and therefore it would not be a problematic requirement. It was – by a long way – the least popular of any measure we discussed with citizens in our ‘deliberative dialogues’.But producing this much cultivated meat is very expensive without a large-scale production process, something that most cultivated meat start-ups lack.