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June 4, 2025 from the AFN

"San Francisco-based Wildtype will be the first company to launch cultivated seafood in the US after securing an FDA ‘no questions’ letter regarding the safety of its cell cultured salmon.

"Wildtype is the fourth cultivated-protein producer to complete a US pre-market scientific and safety consultation after UPSIDE Foods, GOOD Meat, and Mission Barns, and the third to have full approval to sell (Mission Barns is still awaiting the final go-ahead from the USDA for its cultivated fat).

"According to a scientific memo published by the FDA on the same date, the cells used to establish Wildtype’s cell lines were originally isolated from coho salmon from a Washington state hatchery at the “fry stage” of development, shortly after the fish hatch from the egg.

"The mesenchymal cells, which are capable of dividing and developing into multiple cell types such as fat, muscle, and connective tissue cells, are adapted to grow in liquid suspension culture without having to attach to a surface.

"The memo does not explain how Wildtype texturizes or shapes the harvested cells to create products that resemble raw salmon but refers to “post-harvest thermal processing” steps that serve to deactivate/denature any residual growth factors in the product."

UK Food Standards Agency accepts Gourmey’s application for cultivated Foie Gras

July 14, 2025 from the European Biotechnology

"The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has formally accepted an application by French start-up Gourmey SAS for regulatory approval of its cultivated foie gras, a product developed using cellular agriculture techniques. The submission was initially lodged on 26 July 2024 and was made in parallel across five jurisdictions: the European Union, United States, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom."