FDA cultivated meat pilot program

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United States
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AffiliationThe FDA and USDA-FSIS maintain a joint regulatory framework established in 2019 for the oversight of human food produced from cultured livestock and poultry cells. FDA oversees cell collection, banks, growth, and differentiation, while USDA-FSIS oversees harvest, processing, packaging, and labeling.fsis.usda.gov · fda.gov
Research focusFDA conducts pre-market consultations to evaluate the production process, manufacturing controls, cell lines, and safety of human food derived from cultured animal cells.fsis.usda.gov · fda.gov
FacilityShellmound Plant (UPSIDE Foods, Emeryville, CA) and the JOINN Biologics US Inc. plant (GOOD Meat partner, Richmond, CA).congress.gov
GrantNational Science Foundation (NSF) has issued roughly $5 million in research grants and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has issued approximately $12 million in research grants for cell-cultivated meat projects over the last 10 years.congress.gov
PublicationsThe FDA maintains an inventory of completed pre-market consultations for human food made with cultured animal cells, including safety narratives and scientific evaluation memos.cfsanappsexternal.fda.gov · content.govdelivery.com · fda.gov
Principal staffJeremiah Fasano (FDA liaison for the formal agreement with USDA-FSIS).fsis.usda.gov

Independent sources: cfsanappsexternal.fda.gov · congress.gov · content.govdelivery.com · fda.gov · fsis.usda.gov

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