Animal-based meat production has evolved over thousands of years to meet the demand for safe and affordable sources of protein. Cell-based food production, which is the field of growing animal agricultural products directly from cell cultures, has been explored as an alleged sustainable alternative to the conventional livestock agricultural system. As commercial cell-based food production continues to expand, the urgency increases to address one of the most important questions of consumers, the question of food safety.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has developed a review considering the food safety considerations for cell-based food products.
You can download and review the document here.
