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#Monitor: A FAO report projects livestock antibiotic use could rise 30% by 2040, surpassing previous peaks. The EU will ban imports of meat produced with antibiotic growth promoters from September.

#Antibiotics #Livestock

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#Monitor: Texas confirms its first HPAI case in dairy cattle this year. The herd is quarantined and milk diverted, with USDA and CDC saying public health risk remains low.

#Dairy #HPAI

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#Monitor: The U.S. House farm bill includes the Save Our Bacon Act, which would preempt state animal welfare laws like California's Prop 12. The measure could affect 600+ state ag regulations and now heads to the Senate.

#Meat #FarmBill

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#Monitor: Aleph Farms is cutting more jobs and shifting to outsourcing as cash dwindles, reflecting broader struggles in the cell-cultured meat sector after Believer Meats' collapse and retreating VC investment.

#CulturedMeat #Foodtech

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#Monitor: SeaD Consulting's genetic testing found imported shrimp widely mislabeled as wild-caught across Gulf and Southeast U.S. restaurants. Mississippi improved, but Baton Rouge and Savannah remain problem markets, spurring new labeling legislation.

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#Monitor: SFU study in Nature finds meat purchases are more price-sensitive than plant protein foods across 87,000+ shoppers in Canada and Finland, suggesting limited variety also constrains dietary shifts.

#PlantProtein #FoodRetail

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#Monitor: A Ghent University and BeneMeat study found cats accept and digest cultured meat comparably to chicken. Nine of ten cats showed optimal acceptance, per results in Frontiers in Veterinary Science.

#PetFood #CulturedMeat

https://t.co/iHdQoxIMS1

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#Monitor: Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists developed a cellulose scaffold that cuts cell-cultured meat growth factor costs by up to 90%, producing tissue with steak-like texture and browning when fried.

#CellCulturedMeat #FoodScience

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#Monitor: Leaft, Plantible, and Fudi Protein are racing to commercialize rubisco, a nutritious leaf protein that has eluded large-scale production for decades. Plantible secured FDA GRAS status in February; Leaft launched in the U.S. in early 2026.

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#Monitor: Oregon lawmakers ask DEQ to pause $3.2M in fines against Pacific Seafood, saying wastewater rules for processors are overly stringent and threaten coastal jobs. DEQ says the company failed to meet agreed deadlines.

#Seafood #Oregon

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#Monitor: 42 climate scientists warn that the livestock industry is misusing the GWP* methane metric to avoid emission cuts, urging Ireland and other nations to reject weak "no additional warming" targets.

#Methane #ClimatePolicy

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#Monitor: IFF agrees to sell its food ingredients business to CVC Capital Partners for $4.3B, retaining a 10% stake. The deal is part of a broader strategy that has generated nearly $10B from 13 divestitures.

#FoodIngredients #MergersAndAcquisitions

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#Monitor: A suspected drone attack sank the MSV Haji Ali in the Strait of Hormuz, killing 4,000 sheep and goats shipped from Somalia to the UAE. The incident renews pressure for a global ban on seaborne livestock exports.

#Livestock #LiveExport

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#Digest: @USDA develops low-off-flavor soybeans; StrainX Bioworks raises $13M for microbial fermentation; Pacifico Biolabs raises €7M for mycelium production; @ajinomoto cuts cultured meat media costs; screwworm threat nears U.S. border.

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#Monitor: The New World screwworm nears the U.S. border, prompting @USDA to ban Mexican cattle imports and build a $750M sterile fly facility in Texas.

#Meat #Dairy #Livestock #AnimalHealth #PublicHealth

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#Monitor: A review of 500 nutrition studies found meat industry-tied research was 16 times more likely to conclude meat is beneficial. Researchers call for stronger conflict-of-interest safeguards in nutrition science.

#Meat #Health

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#Monitor: Ajinomoto developed a technology replacing costly transferrin with plant-derived hinokitiol in serum-free culture media for cultured meat, maintaining high cell proliferation. Commercialization is targeted within a few years.

https://t.co/e4AiURtIXn

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#Monitor: SEI report finds insect farming emissions in temperate regions can overlap with chicken and pork, and often exceed the soymeal and fishmeal insects typically displace. Most output goes to animal feed, not human plates.

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#Monitor: A Nature Reviews Materials paper outlines how proteins from food-waste side streams can replace petroleum feedstocks in packaging, coatings, and CO2 capture via a circular depolymerization-and-reassembly framework.

https://t.co/vbDXMVcEkQ

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#Monitor: Sysco scored just 6/100 on nature and climate in the new FAIRR Seafood Index. Bakkafrost, Charoen Pokphand Foods, and Lerøy earned top marks for transparency and low-impact aquaculture.

#Seafood #Sustainability

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