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Tropic Biosciences has secured regulatory approval for its non-browning banana in both Japan and Brazil.

Kerry has officially opened an expanded biotechnology manufacturing facility in Carrigaline, County Cork.

The Good Food Institute Europe has welcomed the European Commission’s new Biotech Act, but said it marks a ‘missed opportunity’ for food innovation due to its exclusion of novel foods from its regulatory sandbox scheme.

Annick Verween, head of Biotope by VIB, told FoodBev and our sister site, New Tech Foods, more about the important role of incubators.

The EU’s new Bioeconomy Strategy sets out plans to support fermentation-based food innovation, as the Netherlands becomes the first EU country to permit public tastings of fermentation-made novel foods.

DolCas Biotech, a developer of nutraceuticals, is expanding its marine collagen product, Morikol, into the functional beverage market.

Kerry has officially opened its new biotechnology centre in Leipzig, Germany, expanding its global research and development footprint in biotechnology for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors.

Terra Oleo, a Singapore-based biotech firm, has emerged from stealth mode, with a $3.1m funding round backed by Breakthrough Energy Discovery.

The UK government has announced its Digital & Technology Sector Plan as part of its broader Industrial Strategy, including an £184m Engineering Biology Scale-up Infrastructure Programme to build and upgrade facilities.