Cellular Fish Meat Production: Prospects and Challenges

NAAS, ICAR (2025) Cellular Fish Meat Production: Prospects and Challenges. Other. National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi.

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Abstract

The world is seeking sustainable food alternatives to feed a projected 10 billion world population by 2050. Cellular fish meat production using muscle cell culture is a promising alternative to conventional meat and its importance has grown over the past decade. As the field is gaining prominence in India, attention of experts, high-level policymakers and regulatory agencies is highly required to foster the cultivated fish meat production sector. Recently, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has included smart proteins under BioE3 policy and has not only organised a series of webinars for popularising BioE3 policy, but also called for proposals for the establishment of bio-manufacturing hubs covering functional foods and smart proteins including cellular meat. In this backdrop, a brainstorming session titled ‘Cellular Fish Meat Production: Prospects and Challenges’ was convened by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) on September 20, 2024 to explore the current knowledge related to cellular fish meat production, address the food safety considerations for cell-based food products and with an ultimate goal of developing policy recommendations to facilitate the commercial level cell-based fish meat production in India. This Policy Paper is an outcome of the discussion during the brainstorming session. I am confident that the well-crafted recommendations in this Policy Paper will be embraced by all stakeholders and contribute to fully harnessing the potential for commercial cellular fish meat production in the country. On behalf of the Academy, I thank the Conveners (Dr. C.N. Ravishankar, Former Director, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai and Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Former Director, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi), Co-convener (Dr. Mukunda Goswami, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai) and the participants including Dr. K.S. Sobhana (Principal Scientist and Head, CMFRI, Kochi) for their valuable inputs. Further, I place on record my appreciation and thanks to the Reviewers, Dr. W.S. Lakra and Dr. G. Jeyasekaran, and the Editors, Dr. V.K. Baranwal and Dr. R.K. Jain, for their sincere efforts in bringing out this document in the present form.

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