In Ontario, Further Foods expects to soon complete feeding trials necessary to secure FDA approval of dog food products containing cell-cultivated chicken. The CULT Food Science subsidiary partnered with veterinarian nutritionist Dr. Sarah Dodd to design the target animal safety study to demonstrate that inclusion of cell-cultivated chicken in future Noochies! dog food formulations is safe and effective.
Further Foods expects to submit the feeding trial design protocol to the FDA later this month, and the FDA endeavors to provide a response within 45 days of submission.
“This is a transformative moment for CULT Food Science as a company. We believe this FDA feeding trial will position us on the leading edge of cellular agriculture and cultivated meat innovation. But even more importantly, we believe that the implications of a successful trial could change the landscape of pet food as a whole. Cultivated meat has nutritional benefits, environmental benefits and ethical benefits for pet owners,” said Mitchell Scott, CEO of CULT Food Science.