Cellular Agriculture and US Regulatory Considerations

This series discusses the future of food and related regulatory considerations. Part 1 introduces alternative proteins, especially "clean meat," or non-animal artificial meat.

Covington & Burling LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Covington Burling LLP was founded in Washington, DC in 1919 and currently has 13 offices worldwide. With over 1,200 internationally renowned and professional lawyers, our responsiveness to provide outstanding legal services and strategic advice is highly regarded. With over 100 senior government officials, he is not only familiar with the fields of corporate law, litigation and investigation, but also his deep insight into policy and policy makers and the quality of comprehensive regulatory advisory services. The height has a good reputation all over the world.

It has been selected as one of the "100 Global Elites Selected by GCR" many times in the past from the Global Competition Review, and has been selected as one of the world's top 2015 antitrust laws every year from 19 to 20.In addition to being repeatedly named on the "A List" by American Lawyers, he has been ranked in the Top 25 in the US in the General Counseling category of Americas Best Corporate Law Firm by Corporate Board Members.

We have as clients many Japanese companies, trade organizations, and government agencies, and through the Japan Department, we are working to further deepen our relationship with Japan and respond to more accurate needs.

Brian P. Sylvester

Special counsel

Brian advises food, dietary supplement, cosmetic, OTC drug, veterinary pharmaceutical, and animal feed clients on a broad range of regulatory, legislative, and compliance issues before FDA, USDA, and analogous food and drug regulatory bodies. His practice spans enforcement actions, audits and investigations, regulatory compliance, advertising, import/export, due diligence, consumer litigation, comment preparation, public policy advocacy at the federal and state levels, and new product development. Sylvester has specific expertise in developing regulatory strategies for commercializing alternative proteins using plant, microbial and animal cell-based technologies. He also covers veterinary and biological products, pet food and animal feed. Sylvester has also worked as a regulatory lawyer at USDA, advising clients on how to engage with the USDA and FDA and strategic considerations regarding advocacy.

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Cellular Agriculture and US Regulatory Considerations
[Japanese subtitles] Cellular Agriculture and US Regulatory Considerations