RiFood Director appointed as Chairman of Advisory Panel on Safety Assessment of Cultured Meat

Prof. WONG Ka-hing, Director of the Research Institute for Future Food (RiFood), was appointed as the Chairman of Advisory Panel on the Safety Assessment of Cultured Meat by the Expert Committee on Food Safety of the Government of HKSAR for a term of four years with effect from 14 February 2025. The panel is responsible for providing advice to the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene on matters relating to the criteria for the safety assessment of cultured meat and its derived products and their food safety for human consumption.