Comments submitted to USDA over how best to label meat and poultry made from animal cells grown outside of animals reflect the challenge facing US regulators as they seek to nail down nomenclature in this nascent market as startups in the space edge closer to commercialization. The comments – which you can read HERE​​ – were submitted in response to an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR)​ ​from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is developing labeling rules for cell-cultured meat and poultry, but says its will review labels submitted by startups in the space before​ the rulemaking process is completed on the understanding that they may need to be changed down the road to comply with its final regulations.

Source: Cultivated meat, cell-cultured meat, lab-grown meat? Stakeholders weigh in on nomenclature as products near commercialization in US market

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