국내외 배양육 안전관리 동향 및 예상 고려사항

Trends in safety management of cultured meat and their potential considerations

In near future, we are facing the commercialization of cultured meat. However, there are remaining issues. Especially, the safety management during and/or after production of cultured meat should be secured before the launching. In this review, we investigated i) the current strategy on safety management of cultured meat in leading countries (USA, EU, etc.) as a reference and ii) the whole process and materials used for cultured meat production. Then, the potential considerations in development for safety management of cultured meat were discussed. Although cultured meat could be an edible animal muscle, it is a new category of food using stem cell biotechnology. Therefore, cultured meat may be classified as a novel food as it has no historical record and/or experience for human consumption. The cells and materials (e.g. chemicals, nutrients, growth factors, scaffolds, etc.) for cultured meat production are mostly not approved for food use. In this regard, we believe that the adaption of optimal regulation will secure the safety of cultured meat. Open discussions with various fields and people of interest are helpful for the establishment of its safety management.