NEW YORK — Burgers made by growing cow cells in a lab dish have a clearer path to reaching supermarkets as U.S. regulators on Thursday outlined how the emerging food category will be monitored. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said meat from cultured animal cells will have to undergo agency inspection, as with other meat and poultry products. It wasn’t known how cultured meat would be regulated until November, when the USDA and Food and Drug Administration said they would share oversight. The agreement on joint oversight, formalized Thursday, says the FDA will regulate the first stages of the process, including cell collection and growth, before handing off oversight of production and labeling to the USDA. The agencies say they’ll continue working out details of how to regulate the products.

Source: National Post March 07, 2019 20:03 UTC