United States puts Cell-Cultured Meat on the Front Burner, While Italy puts it on the Back: Implications for Production and Trade

Last year the USITC EBOT series provided an overview of the cell-cultured meat and poultry in the briefing “What is Cell-Cultured Meat? How is it Made?” and synthetic biology in “A Brief Introduction to Synthetic Biology.”1 Since then there have been a few notable developments: the U.S. regulators have taken actions to approve products for retail sale, while Italian legislators proposed a bill banning all cell-cultured products. This executive briefing reviews the number of companies and level of investment worldwide, reviews U.S. regulatory and Italian legislative events, and discusses implications for the industry in terms of production (in terms of planned expansions) and trade.