NEW TECH FOODS

The UK Government’s national funding agency investing in science and research, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has funded the Microbial F

Senators in Alabama have passed a bill to ban the sale of cell-based meat and seafood within the state, now passed to the House of Reps.

German start-up Pacifico Biolabs has raised $3.3m in pre-seed funding for alt-seafood. The funding will be used to advance its tech.

A new EU-funded think-tank, FEASTS (Fostering European Cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solution), launched last week.

India’s Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has launched a pioneering project to produce cell-based fish in India.

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

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

Steakholder Foods has expanded its 3D-printing capabilities with the “world’s first” plant-based, 3D-printed shrimps.