Boston Workshop Jan 2024: Developing an action plan for collaborative research on cultured meat and seafood safety
Outcomes from a January 2024 workshop with industry, academia, and governmental stakeholders
January 12, 2024, Boston, Massachusetts
Co-sponsored and hosted by the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA).
Breanna Duffy, Kimberly Ong, Wei Ng, Kora Kukk, Julia Griffin, Jo Anne Shatkin
Since 2020, the Cultured Meat Safety Initiative (CMSI) has sought to address the critical technical, methodological, and informational issues related to evaluating the safety of cultured meat and seafood (CM) products. In our previous work, CM industry developers and governmental scientists have identified research priorities for CM safety demonstration. To begin the next phase of CMSI’s work, a workshop was held at the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA) on January 12, 2024 to discuss CM safety research priorities, develop research action plans, and initiate collaborations. This workshop engaged 25 participants, including 9 academic stakeholders from 6 universities; 3 governmental scientists from 2 agencies; and 13 industry representatives from 11 companies, and was conducted under Chatham House rules to promote open discussion. Breakout group topics were selected based on the main themes brought forward in previous work: cells, inputs, adventitious agents, manufacturing practices, and final product. Participants generated and prioritized safety research questions for each topic, as well as potential challenges and resources needed, ultimately developing a preliminary roadmap to address each question.
This workshop was part of CMSI Phase III: Precompetitive Collaboration on Safety Research & Methods Development.
