Safety rules in Singapore for new food inventions as demand for meat substitutes grows

Published 2020년 12월 2일

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The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has introduced guidelines to regulate the safety of novel foods such as plant-based proteins and cultured or lab-grown meat. Food businesses seeking to produce, import, or sell these novel foods must submit safety assessments for review by the SFA. The agency will consider toxicity, allergens, and the safety of the production method. The regulations, in place since November 2019, are a response to the growing demand for meat alternatives amid concerns about meat consumption's impact on the environment and climate change. The first novel food product to be assessed under these guidelines is a lab-grown chicken from American start-up Eat Just.

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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has a set of guidelines to assess the safety of "novel foods" such as plant-based proteins and cultured or lab-grown meat, amid growing demand for meat substitutes. Under the regulatory framework, which has been in place since November 2019, food businesses that intend to produce, import and sell novel foods are required to submit safety assessments of their products before they are allowed for sale. Companies must report on a product’s toxicity, allergens and safety of its production method, as well as the materials used in the manufacturing processes and how they are controlled to prevent food safety risks. "SFA will then review these safety assessments to ascertain that potential food safety issues have been addressed," the agency said on Wednesday (Dec 2), adding that it has put together an eight-member panel made up of food scientists and health experts to "rigorously" study the information provided. NOVEL FOODS Novel foods are ...

Source: Channelnewsasia