Alexander J. Stein<p>The EU's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NovelFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovelFood</span></a> framework is fit for regulating cultivated <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a>; the use of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PrecautionaryPrinciple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrecautionaryPrinciple</span></a> to ban <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CultivatedMeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultivatedMeat</span></a> is not justified (provisional & proportionate). Existing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> provide the EU gastronomic <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heritage</span></a> with adequate safeguards: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-025-00384-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41538-025-003</span><span class="invisible">84-0</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cleanmeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanmeat</span></a></p>