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BookletCell-based food in the context of the Near East region
Report of the side event to the 11th Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Near East (CCNE11), Rome, Italy, 21 September 2023
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No results found.On 21 September 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a hybrid meeting as a side event to the 11th Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for the Near East (CCNE11) in Rome, Italy, on the topic of food safety of cell-based food within the context of the Near East region. A total of 53 participants attended the event, which provided a unique opportunity for the participants to discuss topics relevant to the Codex work as well as to the specific regional context. The event highlighted the international activities that FAO and WHO have conducted so far, and the results of the pre-event survey about current regulatory situations for cell-based food in the region. One of the main outcomes of the discussion was the recognition of the usefulness of information exchange on cell-based food among Codex Members. Many CCNE delegates stated that good public awareness of cell-based food is essential to move forwards. However, they also said that currently, knowledge of cell-based food among the general public is limited. Therefore. provision of accurate scientific information by regulators is foremost necessary and with international technical assistance from FAO and WHO, such science communication will be effective. Several concrete regional collaborative activities, such as regulatory information exchange mechanisms, have been suggested and the meeting was concluded on a positive note. -
DocumentStakeholder roundtable meeting on cell-based food production and precision fermentation - Call for presenters 2024
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BookletCell-based food: its safety and its future role
Stakeholder roundtable meeting report, Tel Aviv, Israel, 7 September 2022
2023Also available in:
No results found.Cell-based food production involves culturing cells isolated from animals to develop products such as meat, poultry, aquatic products, dairy and eggs. Currently, many companies around the world are developing a wide range of cell-based foods using a variety of different production methods. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Israel, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a stakeholder meeting to come up with a technical reference document on the food safety aspects of cell-based food. Developers and producers of cell-based foods were invited to present the different cell-based production processes used for chicken nuggets, hamburgers, beef steak and sushi salmon, and to present their input materials, such as scaffolds, cell lines and growth media, that in certain cases are consumed along with the cell-based food product. All the participants stated that food safety is of foremost importance, and many presenters explained their cell-based food production processes with relevant food safety considerations in flowcharts, which have been included in this report. The meeting provided an opportunity for stakeholders from different parts of the world to learn from one another, and to share their experiences and challenges. As a result, the presentations delivered in the meeting provided an overview of the 2022 status of the topic of cell-based food development and presented the potential complexities of conducting food safety hazard identifications for cell-based food.
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