11 Mar 2021 --- The cultivated seafood industry is in its infancy, and its products are still poised for market entry. As such, industry’s cell-cultured proponents are cautioning against prematurely imposing regulations that would limit cultivated seafood labeling to terms that may distance consumers, such as “lab-grown.” Non-profit Good Food Institute (GFI) is urging that cultivated seafood producers should be allowed to use terms like “fillet” and “steak” in labeling products that have the structural and textural characteristics associated with those terms. Meanwhile, aquaculture player BlueNalu is championing the term “cell-cultured” to replace other “disparaging and misleading” labels.FoodIngredientsFirst has reached out to both organizations for comment.
