Safety dance

Meat and seafood are responsible for nearly 25% of foodborne illnesses reported in the EU, which could make food safety a strong selling point for cultivated meat.

Cultivated meat is, at least in theory, more food safe than conventional meat because, as researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore explain, growing meat in a contained and sterile environment “avoids the risks from animal-derived pathogens such as enteric zoonotic bacteria that lead to common foodborne illnesses…