Feed additives have been subject to immense R&D efforts and innovation as manufacturers and researchers combine forces to keep up with the burgeoning meat consumption, particularly across western countries. Eubiotics are set to play a pivotal role in transforming animal feed production by offering superior-quality novel solutions.
Last November, the U.S. FDA announced that it had completed an evaluation of UPSIDE Foods’ cultured animal cell foods and had “no further questions at this time about the firm’s safety conclusion.” While the FDA pointed out that there were still other regulatory hurdles to overcome for cell-cultured foods could be brought to market, namely from the USDA and FSIS, the announcement was seen by many as an important step in adding another option to the alternative protein space—one of a number of trends involving alternative protein in the past year.
More than $223 million in grants and loans aim to increase competition and economic opportunities for meat and poultry processors and producers around the country while helping to lower costs.
December 5, 2022
The MPPEP aims to increase competition across the economy to help lower costs for American families, and this announcement is expected to expand meat and poultry processing capacity, which in turn is expected to increase competition, supports producer income and strengthen the food supply chain to lower costs.
FSIS Notice 61-22 removes the requirement for meat and poultry manufactures to use dual measurements when reporting net weight of a product on labels that meet specific criteria.