Funding for plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-enabled proteins through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative; FAIR Labels Act of 2026; FDA Review and Evaluation for Safe, Healthy, and Affordable Foods Act; federal legislative proposals related to reforming FDAs Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) program; issues impacting plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-enabled foods in the 2026 Farm Bill; legislative proposals related to using innovative protein technology to support lactoferrin production.
Appropriations to support commercialization of the plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-enabled industries through the National Defense Authorization Act and the Farm Bill; FY27 appropriations to build out a federal biotech data repository.
The House BIOTech Caucus and driving bio-innovation through innovative proteins; federal biotech policies related to cultivated, plant-based, and fermentation-enabled protein technologies, including allocating funding through the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program and the Biobased Manufacturing Assistance Program; establishment of a federal biotech data repository.