



How to best provide fair regulation is the essence of our comment, as summarized by GFI’s Director of Policy Jessica Almy, Esq.: “The current USDA and FDA regulatory framework can provide clear and fair oversight of cell-cultured meat and poultry, allowing clean meat companies to bring their products to market in the United States. This is exciting for consumers who are eager to try meat that’s created without raising and slaughtering animals.”



GFI’s Senior Regulatory Specialist Elan Abrell, Ph.D., J.D., noted to the media that the FDA has the expertise to oversee premarket safety evaluations of clean meat: “The production of cell-cultured meat will be similar to applications currently under FDA oversight. The FDA already has well-established tests for detecting any potential hazards.”





Furthermore, Elan pointed out, “Cell-cultured products won’t have any of the hazards associated with slaughter, such as fecal pathogens,” and will present at most no more hazards than those encountered in a conventional meat processing and packaging facility. Thus inspections can be safely conducted in the same manner and with the same frequency as other facilities under FDA or USDA oversight.