Risk Assessment of Cultivated Food Products Research Portfolio

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Overview

Our Purpose

The development and commercialization of cultivated meat is progressing at unprecedented speed, which requires that knowledge gaps relevant to its safety and risk to consumers be identified at a similar pace. The Risk Assessment of Cultivated Food Products portfolio aims to identify these gaps and address them in a neutral forum involving industry, academia, and government representatives.

Leadership Committee

Stephane Vidry, PhD (Chair) – Global Executive Director, ILSI, USA
Melanie Abley, PhD – Office of Chief Scientist, Senior Advisor for Food Safety, Nutrition and Human Health, USDA, USA
Jeff Farber, PhD – Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Food Science, University of Guelph, Canada
Naya McCartney, PhD – Regulatory Safety Scientist, Vow, USA
Scott Lowe – Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, USA
Haley Oliver, PhD - Professor of Food Science, Purdue University, USA
René Viñas, PhD, DABT – Global Regulatory & Public Policy, Senior Manager, Toxicologist, UPSIDE Foods, USA
Andrew Stout, PhD – Research Scientist Metabolic and Tissue Engineering, Tufts University, USA
David Prescott, PhD – Research Scientist Chemical Safety, Health Canada, Canada
Jayadev Raju, PhD – Research Scientist Chemical Safety, Health Canada, Canada

Goals & Impact

The overall goal of this portfolio is to address the challenges and opportunities presented by the rapid development and commercialization of cultivated meat and other cellular agriculture products.

To accomplish this, ILSI plans to use three strategies:

Identify and bridge knowledge gaps regarding the safety of new cultivated meat products.
Provide evidence-based science behind the production and manufacturing processes to enhance decision-making among stakeholders.
Enhance education for both scientists and consumers on potential food safety challenges, bringing to light how these obstacles are or can be effectively addressed.

Current Projects


White Paper: "Categorization of Manufacturing Components in Cellular Agriculture: A Tripartite Perspective for Safety Assessment"
About the Project:	This white paper will provide a categorization of components according to utility, physiochemical properties, prior regulatory status in foods, safe and permissible levels, as well as hazards and toxicology. The categorization will be organized using existing, new, and proprietary information of the components, with the goal to generate a secured (restricted access) reference bank or repository for risk assessment purposes.
Leadership:	Stephane Vidry, PhD – Global Executive Director, ILSI, USA
Outcome:	The outcome of this first activity is a white paper. Given that two jurisdictions (USA and Canada) are involved in this white paper discussion, this exercise would be pertinent to develop strategic harmonization of a framework for assessing cellular agriculture products.
Status:	Almost completed

Research Outcomes & Articles

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