FDA Science Board To Tackle Cell-Based Food At Oct. 22 Antibiotics Meeting

FDA's Science Board is the latest group to dive into the contentious topic of cell-based food: The board announced Wednesday that it will take up the topic at an Oct. 22 meeting as part of a broader discussion on antibiotic resistance monitoring. The emergence of cell-based meat technology--where foods resembling meat, poultry and seafood are produced using small amounts of cells from the animal that the food product is supposed to resemble -- could dramatically affect antibiotic resistance, some sources...