Abstract
This chapter conducts a comprehensive comparison to assess whether the findings related to products derived from precision fermentation can be extrapolated to other product categories. Towards the end, it also juxtaposes the legal requirements governing the European market with those in the United States and Singapore.
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BRAIN Biotech AG (2023).
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van Goethem (2016).
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van Goethem (2016).
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FIR. Article 9 (1)(a).
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FIR. Annex VII Part B (17); CMO. Annex VII Part I.
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Sochirca (2018).
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Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft; retrieved: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (2018).
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Southey (2022).
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CMO. Article 78(1)(e).
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CMO. Article 78(2).
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CMO. Annex II Part VII.
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Examples of this stringent production requirement are “produced by hens of the species Gallus gallus” in Article 1 (k) of Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 (2008).
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FIR. Article 7.
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Tortajada and Hongzhou (2016), p. 1.
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Hamburg has a size of 755 qm2 Hamburg (2019).
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Ludher (2016), p. 131.
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Ludher (2016), p. 133.
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Ludher (2016), p. 136.
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Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (2020).
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Singapore Food Agency (2022a).
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Requirements for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Singapore Food Agency (2022b), p. 2.
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Singapore Food Agency (2023).
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Singapore Food Agency (2022b), p. 10.
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Full list see: Singapore Food Agency (2022b), p. 10 ff.
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Quan (2023).
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Quan (2023).
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Dang (2023).
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These procedures differ especially in relation to who accesses and reviews the scientific data and information provided for the determination Gaynor (2018).
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Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (2022), Section 201(s).
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2022).
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Code of Federal Regulations. § 170.30 (2016); National Archives; Shield et al. (2017).
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2022).
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Steele et al. (2016).
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Keller and Heckman (2019).
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Ronchetti, F., Springer, L., Purnhagen, K.P. (2024). Comparative Analysis. In: The Regulatory Landscape in the EU for Dairy Products Derived from Precision Fermentation. SpringerBriefs in Law(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49692-9_6
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