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They’ve lived a life and have a history,” enthuses Derek, gesturing to one of the two Morris J-types in the room. The idea was for me to read to him and move him slightly away from the idea that all books are big picture books and introduce the idea that some are smaller. Due to the large number of vehicles on site and the small spaces between them, we cannot accommodate groups (2+), children (aged 16 and under), or pets. It would not be possible, for example, for a company to seek separate approval for each ingredient, specific process or machinery. Perhaps even more importantly, the process also expects companies to completely define their products and production process prior to submission, with no feedback available on an interim or modular basis.The EFSA (2018) checklist on submission of applications, which the FSA is still using in the UK, includes over 150 items. highlights how the regulations originally set a high standard of proof designed to address GMOs, but were not amended following the development of separate regulations for GMOs in 2003, and therefore resulted in concerns about ‘too high a level of scrutiny on foods that were not as risky as the GM[O] foods that the drafters intended to target’. Derek has an ambivalent relationship with private sales that led him to swear off old cars once, and eventually to switch to auctioneering. Accordingly, the process requires significant investment in time and money to develop an application, undertake the requisite safety testing, and interface with the authorities. The technology, however, could be held back by overregulation in the European Union and the United Kingdom.

While there is a lack of post-Brexit data on the FSA’s processing times, this is likely to be a substantial underestimate. This ranges from a production flow chart to stability testing details and estimates of the anticipated intake of the novel food. The FSA appears unprepared for the forthcoming applications of cultivated meat under the novel food framework. Tom Easton is a best-selling author who has written fiction for all ages and has published more than thirty books. Because the EU law is retained, its novel food approval criteria are precisely identical to those of the UK.On the one hand, ‘delayed regulatory approval may result in the UK falling behind in the global agri-tech race,’ warns Henry Worthington (2021: 3) of Oxford Economics, while on the other hand: swift regulatory approval in the UK would allow domestic firms to leverage their existing market knowledge and networks to further develop their technological know-how in anticipation of the global market opening up.

It would be most sensible to allow use of product terms such as ‘burger’ and ‘bacon’ while only requiring use of a descriptive term such as ‘cultivated’. There are moral questions, such as whether cultivated meat represents a further commodification of animals and the risk of unintended consequences of biotechnology through to whether this technology could enable consumption of human flesh. Singapore’s FSA already asks applicants under its novel food process to submit ‘any safety assessment reports conducted for and/or by overseas food safety authorities, especially in jurisdictions such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the EU and the United States of America’. Finally, under a cover sits a DB9 Volante: “That’s my sons’ car; they’re more into the modern stuff than me.Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . An important point about this is that it is the production, not the transportation, that counts for the vast bulk of these emissions. They are supported by independent analysts and consistent with the previous literature regarding the novel food process. The resulting novel food authorisation contains a list of conditions, such as how much of the ingredient can be used in different foods, and labelling and other requirements. The Renault was already in our colours when we were looking for an advertising vehicle, but my heart isn’t really in it,” says Derek.

There are some, such as Hocquette (2016), who are highly sceptical that the technical issues can be overcome. The UK has the opportunity, outside of the EU’s regulatory orbit, to reform food regulation to become more welcoming of cultivated meat.Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Yet a sticker in the rear window of a dark-blue Aston Martin DB6 on the back wall reads not ‘Mathewsons Auctions’, but ‘Mathewsons Ltd, Bedfordshire’. Robert Louis Stevenson said this over a century ago, yet it’s a concept I subscribe to as the founder of a company creating a revolutionary new product – cultivated meat. Economic impact assessment of the way in which the EU novel foods regulatory approval procedures affect the EU food sector.