UK-EU SPS Deal Expected to Spare Novel Foods, Easing Cultivated Meat and Precision Fermentation Fears as Ivy Farm Wins Pet Food Clearance
The UK and EU have settled the text of a sanitary and phytosanitary deal to remove most post-Brexit food checks from 2028. Experts say a temporary novel food exemption could preserve the FSA’s own route for cultivated meat and precision fermentation, though it is not yet confirmed. Ivy Farm has won UK clearance for cultivated Wagyu in pet food.