U.S. Food Regulations

20 Oct 2021

The FDA is urging food manufacturers to reduce salt in products

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In 2012, Health Canada published voluntary targets for reducing sodium in processed food by the end of 2016. The targets were developed through consultation with the food industry, health sector and research experts. Now, in an announcement made on Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration is urging both restaurants and…

21 Jul 2021

The Future of Meat is…. Lab-Grown?

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Lab-grown meat (also known as clean meat, cultured meat, cellular agriculture, or in-vitro meat) is simply flesh that is grown outside of an animal’s body. The meat itself is real, but it is obtained without slaughter. Aiming to disrupt the conventional ways of producing animal products, the goal of lab-grown…