Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 7/18/18


FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said [on July 17th] that the agency is working closely with USDA on early efforts to establish a regulatory framework for lab-grown meat, or “cell-cultured foods,” the FDA’s preferred name for it. The budding technology involves replicating animal cells to create foods like burgers and seafood. It has set up a turf battle between the FDA and USDA because both have authority over food safety rules.

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