NEW TECH FOODS

Czech biotech Mewery has been awarded a grant of around €200,000k by the Czech government through the CzechInvest Technological Incubator.

Researchers at TUCCAhave created bovine muscle cells that produce their own growth factors, a step that can significantly cut costs.

CANS has launched an independent expert committee to evaluate requests by companies to conduct tastings of cell-based meat and seafood.

Agriculture ministers discussed a note that contains a series of false claims about cell-based meat and called for a regulatory overhaul.

Quest Meat and the University of Birmingham (UoB), have joined forces on a new R&D partnership to scale-up cell-based meat production.

NGO ProVeg International has stated that the EU is "primed to become a new Silicon Valley” for cell-based meat companies.

Multus opens “world’s first” growth media production facility, capable of supporting the annual production of 500,000 kg of cell-based meat.

The UK’s FSA has announced that it is considering future changes to the regulated products approval process across its regimes.