🚀 Exciting news! Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Cellular Agriculture Europe member GOURMEY has made history by submitting the first cultivated food dossier in the EU. Their flagship product, made from cultivated duck cells, promises a new option for foie gras enthusiasts. This EU submission is one of five simultaneously filed worldwide including Singapore, the US, the UK, and Switzerland. The EU’s Novel Foods law is renowned for being the toughest globally, establishing a benchmark for food safety. We embrace this rigorous evaluation process, confident that our products will achieve the trusted European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)’s seal of approval. This puts us one step closer to boosting European competitiveness, long-term food security, and creating new revenue streams for European farmers to grow the feedstock for cellular agriculture. Innovation and traditional farming can not only coexist but also mutually reinforce each other to help future-proof our food system. #CellAgriEU 🌱🌍 Aleph Farms BLUU Seafood Bruno Cell S.r.l. Cell4Food Fishway Food Novelties LabFarm.pl Meatable Mewery Mosa Meat Newform Foods Re:meat SuperMeat Uncommon Upstream Foods VITAL MEAT Alternative Proteins Association Nestlé Roslin Technologies Robert E. Jones Caroline Rey Alessia Angiulli Anna Handschuh
Pivotal milestone for GOURMEY and the cultivated foods ecosystem. We’re thrilled to announce that over the past few months, GOURMEY has requested market approval in five regions, filing applications with the US FDA, Singapore Food Agency, UK Food Standards Agency, Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO, and the European Commission. This achievement makes us the very first cultivated food company to file for approval in the EU. Complying with the rigorous standards of these world’s most advanced agencies on cultivated foods regulation, including the EU’s stringent novel food framework, is a testament to GOURMEY’s technology leadership, our commitment to safety, and the immense dedication of our team. We want to celebrate a massive team effort from all Gourmates, involving relentless work over the past few years to build a safe, resource-efficient, and commercially viable solution. We’ll first empower our culinary partners with our flagship cultivated duck product, offering a new choice for foie gras enthusiasts, chefs, and restaurants worldwide, followed by further sustainable and delicious foods as we continue to scale up. As Europe aims to boost food security and achieve sustainability goals, we are convinced that cultivated foods have strong potential to complement existing agrifood value chains, enhancing the long-term resilience of our food system. We look forward to continuing our close collaboration with regulatory authorities to introduce our products to the market. Special mention to the leadership of our Regulatory & Food Safety team: Hannah Lester, Brian Chun, Nadine Bongaerts-Duportet, Ph.D., and Victor SAYOUS. We are deeply thankful for all our partners, advisors, investors, and supporters. Thank you for being part of our journey—much more to come! Read more in POLITICO: https://lnkd.in/ejJUH_DW 👉 See our current openings: join.gourmey.com