Scientific Opinion 2025
The APAC Regulatory Coordination Forum published a review paper (pending peer review), titled
Scientific Opinion on Animal Toxicological Studies for the Safety Assessment of Cultivated Food Products
as scientists raised concerns about the reliability, cost, time-intensiveness, and ethics surrounding long-term, whole-food animal feeding studies.
Pending Peer Review
Pre-Print document is available for downloads.
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White Papers 2024
A pair of new white papers developed by the APAC Regulatory Coordination Forum seeks to examine current gaps in two topics of regulatory significance and offer potential solutions and pathways for collaboration among academia, the industry, and food safety regulators.
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The White Paper on Cell Line Development covers issues related to cell line documentation, defining cell line stability, genetic modification, and trade requirements.
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The White Paper on Cell Culture Media Components covers safety assessment protocols and the assessment of expression systems for culture media substances, categorisation of culture media components and their quality standards, genetic engineering standards, and conceptualising conformity assessment procedures.