Background
Animal-based meat production has evolved over thousands of years to meet the demand for safe and affordable sources of protein. Cell-based food production, which is the field of growing animal agricultural products directly from cell cultures, has been explored as an alleged sustainable alternative to the conventional livestock agricultural system. As commercial cell-based food production continues to expand, the urgency increases to address one of the most important questions of consumers, namely food safety, is becoming increasingly urgent. Thus, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), will issue a milestone publication entitled “Food safety aspects of cell-based food”.
Invitation
You are invited to register to the webinar that FAO and WHO will organize for the launch of the publication to engage countries and relevant stakeholders. The proactive sharing of the current knowledge can be achieved to identify concrete ways to inform consumers and all other stakeholders about the safety considerations of cell-based food products.
Target audience
While the primary target audience of this webinar has been set for national food safety competent authorities, particularly those who are in low- and middle-income countries, the global community of scientists, developers, the cell-based food industry as well as academics doing research in the area of cell-based food production may benefit from participating in the webinar.
Expected outcome
After attending the webinar, the participants will be able to:
- Obtain an electronic copy of the milestone publication;
- Understand the various technologies that are currently being used to produce cell-based foods;
- Understand the key results of food safety hazard identification conducted by the Technical Panel during the Expert Consultation organized by FAO in collaboration with WHO;
- Learn about the current regulatory thinking and developments that currently exist for cell-based foods in different countries and jurisdictions; and
- Actively participate in the brainstorming session to discuss country-specific issues and relevant regulatory needs.
Registration
To accommodate various different time zones, there will be two 1.5-hour identical sessions of the webinar to be held on Wednesday 5 April 2023. Select one that fits your schedule and time zone: