Flora Southey
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Viewpoint: Cell-based meat on sale in Europe within 3-5 years? While the rest of the world innovates in food technology, politics and bureaucracy paralyze EU
[In December 2020,] Singapore became the first country to authorise the commercialisation of cultivated meat. Understandably, Europeans want to know ...
Milk without cows: Thanks to fermentation, future dairy products might originate in a lab
The industrial dairy industry is one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the world. In a study ...
From lab-grown burgers to 3D printed steak, here’s why alternative meat is mainstream in 2019
As the sustainability agenda rises in the food industry, innovators are increasingly looking at ways of swapping out meat for ...
Danish Council of Ethics urges EU to revamp GMO rules—’very new stance’ for Denmark
The Danish Council of Ethics recommends that legislation regarding the approval of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) be changed to help ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s overregulation of CRISPR-edited crops ‘cripples’ Africa’s food security efforts
Current GMO regulation is crippling advancements in sustainable development and food security, according to agricultural economist Matin Qaim, who told ...
CRISPR could make wheat safe for people with Celiac disease
Research in the Netherlands and at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in the UK has found that gene-editing ...
Europe may relax its ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, alleged to harm bees, leaked document suggests
According to a leaked document, the European Commission is considering ditching bee-safety standards that led to a ban of three ...
