In advance of the launch of the documentary MEAT THE FUTURE, this panel convenes some of the nation’s top experts to survey the regulatory landscape for cultivated meat and poultry products. The panelists will discuss the history and latest developments in the regulatory space, identify potential pathways forward, and highlight remaining challenges.
Event Overview
In advance of the launch of the documentary MEAT THE FUTURE, this panel convenes some of the nation’s top experts to survey the regulatory landscape for cultivated meat and poultry products. The panelists will discuss the history and latest developments in the regulatory space, identify potential pathways forward, and highlight remaining challenges. Topics will include food safety regulation by the FDA, USDA labeling requirements, and the myriad state legislative attempts to restrict the marketing of alternative proteins.
Deepti Kulkarni is an attorney who represents several cellular agriculture companies as a Partner at Sidley Austin, Eric Schulze is a scientist and VP at the world’s largest cultivated meat company, Upside Foods, where he oversees regulatory affairs and federal policy, and Kelley McGill (HLS ’20) represents The Good Food Institute on Capitol Hill and in front of Executive Branch agencies as their Senior Legislative Specialist. The panel will be moderated by Chris Green, the Executive Director of the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School who has led some of the Program and Clinic’s work on these issues.
To join us for this virtual event on Zoom, please pre-register.