What’s At Stake When Sustainable Food Isn’t Safe? in Partnership with Merck

In Partnership with Merck

As the alternative protein industry accelerates toward scale, one challenge underpins every breakthrough: food safety. From novel ingredients and cell lines to precision-fermented fats and functional proteins, the sector is redefining what food can be – but it must also redefine how safety is managed, validated, and communicated.

Sponsored by Merck, this expert panel brings together scientists, regulatory specialists, and manufacturers to explore the evolving safety landscape for alternative proteins. What are the emerging risks? How can companies build robust safety frameworks without slowing innovation? And how do we maintain consumer trust as new production methods reach the market?

Join us as we unpack the science, regulation, and responsibility behind ensuring that sustainable food is also safe food.

Key Takeaways:

• Why food safety must evolve alongside innovation in alternative proteins
• How to design scalable safety and quality systems for novel foods
• Lessons from traditional food and biopharma safety models that can guide next-gen producers
• Practical steps to integrate safety considerations early in R&D and product design
• Strategies for transparent communication that build regulatory and consumer confidence.

What You Will Learn:

• The current and emerging regulatory expectations for cell-based, plant-based, and precision-fermented products
• Common safety pitfalls facing early-stage alternative protein companies – and how to avoid them
• How data integrity, traceability, and contamination control intersect with brand credibility
• The role of technology partners like Merck in developing safe, compliant, and scalable production processes

Who Should Attend:

• Founders, R&D, and technical leads in alternative protein and sustainable food companies
• Quality, safety, and regulatory professionals
• Investors and strategic partners assessing risk in the food-tech ecosystem
• Policymakers, NGOs, and researchers shaping the global conversation on food safety and sustainability

This is a free-to-attend webinar. Attendees can hear from industry experts and interact through a Q&A session.