A perspective on the regulation of cultivated meat in the European Union
In the European Union, the adequacy of the novel food framework to deal with cultivated meat has been questioned by several political initiatives at member state and Union levels. This contribution argues that the novel food framework is fit for regulating the entrance into the market of cultivated...
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| description | In the European Union, the adequacy of the novel food framework to deal with cultivated meat has been questioned by several political initiatives at member state and Union levels. This contribution argues that the novel food framework is fit for regulating the entrance into the market of cultivated meat and that the use of the precautionary principle to ban cultivated meat production and commercialization is not justified. It then illustrates how existing regulatory provisions already provide the EU gastronomic heritage with adequate safeguarding, if and when cultivated meat will enter the EU market. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9c64df6c15a437a995faca2c09a1a2d2025-02-09T12:56:09ZengNature Portfolionpj Science of Food2396-83702025-02-01911310.1038/s41538-025-00384-0A perspective on the regulation of cultivated meat in the European UnionAlessandro Monaco0Chair of Food Law, Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health, University of BayreuthIn the European Union, the adequacy of the novel food framework to deal with cultivated meat has been questioned by several political initiatives at member state and Union levels. This contribution argues that the novel food framework is fit for regulating the entrance into the market of cultivated meat and that the use of the precautionary principle to ban cultivated meat production and commercialization is not justified. It then illustrates how existing regulatory provisions already provide the EU gastronomic heritage with adequate safeguarding, if and when cultivated meat will enter the EU market.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-025-00384-0 |
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| title_short | A perspective on the regulation of cultivated meat in the European Union |
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