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EFSA Launches Colloquium to Discuss the Safety of Cultivated Meat and Microbial Proteins

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is launching a two-day scientific colloquium, Cell culture-derived foods, and food ingredients. It aims to gather views and insights from relevant experts and stakeholders on the safety of novel foods, such as cultivated meat and microbial dairy proteins. In the European Union, novel products and food additives receive pre-market authorization under several sectoral regulatory frameworks that require scientific advice from EFSA. Therefore, EFSA’s risk assessment methods and experience must keep up with technological advancements. Starting the discussion Before the event, EFSA shared in its newsroom key questions and answers from experts to start the discussions around these novel foods. Here we review and summarise some of them for vegconomist readers. Are these novel foods safe? Wolfgang Gelbmann, a senior scientific …

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Swiss Vegan Brands May Be Forced to Remove Meat-Like Terminology From Labels

Eatplanted, the largest Swiss plant-based meat startup, as well as any Swiss vegan brand, could be forced to remove animal meat names on plant-based food packaging labels.   By the end of the year, the Federal Court will decide whether meat alternatives produced in Switzerland can continue to be labelled as plant-based ‘chicken’ or ‘pork.’  The decision would set a precedent not only in Switzerland but also in Europe. A previous ruling in favour SWI reports that in November 2022, the Zurich Administrative Court ruled that animal meat names on plant-based food packaging labelled as “vegan” were not misleading to consumers. The case was taken to the Zurich court by Planted Foods (Eatplanted) after the laboratory that oversees food and water safety in Zurich asked …

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