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24 J. Tech. L. & Pol'y 1 (2019-2020)

handle is hein.journals/jtlp24 and id is 1 raw text is: REGULATING THE IMPENDING TRANSFORMATION OF THE MEAT INDUSTRY: CULTURED MEAT Jaden Atkins* INTRODUCTION .....................................................2 I. Background. ......................... ..........4 A. The Current Framework of Food Regulation................4 1. Sources of Agency Jurisdiction ...............4 2. Jurisdiction of Meat Regulation ..... ........5 3. Regulation of Statements of Identity in Labeling .......5 4. FDA Regulation of Emerging Biotechnologies ..........6 B. Cultured Meat.................................6 1. Production of Cell-Cultured Meat....................7 2. Potential Impacts of Cultured Meat Development ..................... .......7 3. Competing Interests in Regulation...... ...........10 C. Shifting Thoughts on the Regulation of Cultured Meat............... .................11 II. STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR REGULATION .................13 A. USDA Statutory Authority ................. ......14 B. FDA Statutory Authority ........... .............15 C. The Best Authority is a New Authority ... ..............17 III. EVALUATING THE PROPOSED SHARED JURISDICTION OF SAFETY REGULATION OF CULTURED MEAT . .................18 A. What Would FDA Regulation of Cultured Meat Look Like?........................18 1. Evaluate each Individual Ingredient as GRAS?........18 2. Declare Cultured and Traditional Meat Substantially Equivalent? .......... ........20 B. The Pre- vs. Post-Harvest Contaminant Problem......21 C. The Value of Split Jurisdiction at Harvest ...........22 IV. EVALUATING THE PROPOSED USDA LABELING REGULATION OF CULTURED MEAT.........................22 A. Policy and Constitutional Labeling Concerns .............23 1. Misleading Consumers ............... .....23 2. Overburdening Producers......... .............24 * J.D. Candidate, Class of 2020, University of Arkansas School of Law. The author sincerely thanks the Journal of Technology Law and Policy for their careful editing, Professors Susan Schneider and Ann Killenbeck for their invaluable guidance throughout the writing and publishing process, and her husband and family for their unwavering support.