Policy & Regulation

In its latest conference in Doha, the International Islamic Fiqh Academy ruled that Muslims can consume cultivated meat if certain conditions are met. The world's two billion Muslims can eat cultivated meat, according to a fatwa by a…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Kellanova's plant-based RXBars, Vivera's pre-frozen tofu, and a cultivated seafood tasting event. New products and…
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San Francisco startup Wildtype has become the world's first startup to get US regulatory approval to sell cultivated seafood, with its salmon now on the menu at Kann in Portland, Oregon. Cultivated seafood has cruised to become a…
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The food and agriculture industry requires 12 times more finance than current levels to reduce its environmental impact in line with global climate goals, a new analysis suggests. While agriculture accounts for a third of all greenhouse…
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While up to two-thirds of UK consumers are willing to try precision-fermented products, fewer would consume them regularly, exhibiting the need to build familiarity and trust. Between 52% and 68% of Brits are open to trying foods made…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods' new vegan chicken, Quorn's Mission: Impossible collab, and a new kind of tempeh. New products and…
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While beef consumption made a comeback in 2024, sustained demand and climate change have caused prices to reach record highs. Is this the new normal? Beef has never been more expensive in the US. And going forward, high prices may be…
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With relations between Americans and Canadians souring, a wave of economic nationalism has prompted one Toronto startup to aggressively expand its plant-based salmon. If there are two things Canadians love right now, it's homegrown…
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Nebraska has become the sixth US state to ban cultivated meat, after Governor Jim Pillen signed the bill that he had initially requested. Jim Pillen, owner of the largest pork producer in Nebraska, happily signed a bill sent to his desk…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Nutella Plant-Based's UK launch, Oatly's collab with Chris Parnell, and Nestlé's new biotech centre. New products and…
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Food tech startup TurtleTree has secured the first 'no questions' letter for precision-fermented lactoferrin from the US Food and Drug Administration. Amid the uncertainty surrounding novel food approvals in the US, Singapore's…
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Some of the largest food and drink companies successfully lobbied against the UK government's push to offer discounts on minimally processed and nutritious products. This October, the British government is set to roll out regulations…
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Wellness influencer and Levels co-founder Casey Means is in line to become the next Surgeon General of the US. A divisive figure across the aisle, what could her appointment mean for food tech? Championed by Donald Trump and Robert F…
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Dutch cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat has filed for regulatory approval in the UK, where it's part of a government support scheme and teased its first burger all those years ago. Twelve years after unveiling the world's first…
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From Joe Rogan to Jordan Peterson, most of the US's most popular 'new media' figures have spread false or misleading information about climate change. A third of Americans now listen to a podcast at least once a week, and about one in…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Massive Attack's vegan concert, Beleaf's plant-based meat price freeze, and the FDA's labelling guidelines. New products…
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Home to some of the world's largest meat companies, COP30 host Brazil's beef industry is emitting more than twice the greenhouse gas limit outlined by the Paris Agreement. As it prepares to host the annual UN climate summit later this…
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To avoid any potential blowback from the tariff war, Dutch startup Vivici has struck a co-manufacturing deal to produce its precision-fermented whey proteins at Liberation Labs's upcoming facility. The uncertainty surrounding President…
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Half of Europeans say eating less meat will become mainstream in the next decade, and a similar number are open to trying cultivated meat, if the EU food safety regulator approves it. The EU must remove roadblocks and speed up the…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers the Science Museum's future food exhibit, Beyond Steak's UK debut, and a Dutch public-private plant-based partnership. …
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Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill that prevents the production or sale of cultivated meat in the state, while Indiana has introduced a two-year prohibition. From October 1, manufacturing or selling cultivated meat in…
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