[Home](/) [What we know](/what-we-know/) Regulation What we know · Regulation # Who has decided what. Where a food stands depends on where you are standing. This page puts the two together: pick a place and see what its regulator has decided, and which kinds of food you can meet there. Every sentence below was checked against the source it names — the entry it came from carries that source and the date we checked it. 5 of 6 places carry a sentence with its source ## By place A place shows a regulator sentence only when that sentence was checked against a source in an entry. A place with nothing to show says so instead of guessing. 3 sentences, each with its source ### [Canada](/what-we-know/regulation/canada/) Canada assesses a new ingredient before it can be sold, and the record of that work is public. Approval and availability are different things here, which is the mistake this page exists to avoid. In Canada, a food or ingredient that counts as novel under the Food and Drug Regulations needs a pre-market safety assessment before it can be sold. [[pf-07]](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/) Health Canada, undated page · from [How is precision-fermented protein actually made, and where is it approved?](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/) Health Canada's table of completed novel-food safety assessments carries a decision dated January 31, 2024 for β-lactoglobulin protein from the yeast strain Komagataella phaffii yRMK-66, proposed by Remilk. [[pf-08]](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/) Health Canada, undated page · from [How is precision-fermented protein actually made, and where is it approved?](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/) That same summary says the ingredient is not intended for sale direct to consumers or for use in infant formula. [[pf-10]](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/) Health Canada, undated page · from [How is precision-fermented protein actually made, and where is it approved?](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/) Kinds of food here: [Precision fermentation](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/) [Regulation in Canada →](/what-we-know/regulation/canada/) 3 sentences, each with its source ### [United States](/what-we-know/regulation/united-states/) The United States has a named category for cultured animal cells and a consultation route for them. Mycoprotein has been sold there since the early 2000s. The FDA's own name for this category is human food made with cultured animal cells, and it keeps a public inventory of it. [[cm-01]](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) FDA, undated inventory, read at the check date · from [What is cultivated meat, and where can anyone actually buy it?](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) At our check date that inventory listed five completed pre-market consultations. [[cm-02]](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) FDA, undated inventory, read at the check date · from [What is cultivated meat, and where can anyone actually buy it?](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) The same report dates the brand's launch to 1985 in the United Kingdom and 2002 in the United States. [[mb-07]](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) AgFunderNews, 17 August 2026 · from [What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) Kinds of food here: [Cultivated](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) · [Mycoprotein](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) [Regulation in United States →](/what-we-know/regulation/united-states/) 2 sentences, each with its source ### [Singapore](/what-we-know/regulation/singapore/) Singapore cleared cultivated meat for sale before anywhere else, and more than one company now holds an approval there. It is one of the few places where a diner can meet the category outside a laboratory. Singapore approved the sale of cultivated meat first, clearing Eat Just's Good Meat brand in 2020. [[cm-05]](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) Green Queen, trade report, 15 April 2026 · from [What is cultivated meat, and where can anyone actually buy it?](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) Singapore has also approved cultivated chicken from Parima, the company formed when Gourmey bought Vital Meat. [[cm-06]](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) Green Queen, trade report, 28 October 2025 · from [What is cultivated meat, and where can anyone actually buy it?](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) Kinds of food here: [Cultivated](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) [Regulation in Singapore →](/what-we-know/regulation/singapore/) 2 sentences, each with its source ### [United Kingdom](/what-we-know/regulation/united-kingdom/) Mycoprotein reached British supermarkets first, and it is still the category a shopper there is most likely to find on a shelf. The same report dates the brand's launch to 1985 in the United Kingdom and 2002 in the United States. [[mb-07]](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) AgFunderNews, 17 August 2026 · from [What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) Quorn's United Kingdom site sends shoppers to supermarkets and says its range varies by store. [[mb-36]](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) Quorn, undated page · from [What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) Kinds of food here: [Mycoprotein](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) [Regulation in United Kingdom →](/what-we-know/regulation/united-kingdom/) 1 sentence, each with its source ### [European Union](/what-we-know/regulation/european-union/) The European Union decides novel foods centrally and has its own labelling vocabulary for fungal protein. No precision-fermentation protein was observed on the Union list at our check date. The report says the European Commission allows the ingredient to be labelled as Rhizomucor pusillus mycelium, and that it is approved for sale in Singapore and has self-GRAS status in the United States. [[mb-27]](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) AgFunderNews, 17 June 2026 · from [What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) Kinds of food here: [Mycoprotein](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) [Regulation in European Union →](/what-we-know/regulation/european-union/) no sentence yet ### [Israel](/what-we-know/regulation/israel/) Israel is one of the few places where fermentation-made milk protein reached cafés and shops. No sentence about it has been checked against a source yet, so this card says nothing more. [Regulation in Israel →](/what-we-know/regulation/israel/) ## The same thing on a map If you would rather choose a place first and see the food types beside it, the map shows both together. [Open the map →](/what-we-know/map/)