EFSA's novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a 'trough of disillusionment'

EFSA's novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a 'trough of disillusionment'

A year ago, applications for a cell-cultured foie gras product were dropped off at the United States Food and Drug Administration, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the United Kingdom, the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO), and the EU’s European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).  It was that last one that got the most notice because it marked the first time that EFSA, the European Union’s food s…