Cultured meat is the meat produced by in-vitro cell culture of animal cells, instead of obtaining from slaughtered animals. It is also called “Clean meat” as animals are not slaughtered for this meat.
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Singapore Approves Lab-grown meat sale
Recently, Singapore became the world‘s first country that approved the sale of lab-grown meat. The U.S. based start-up ‘Eat Just’ received the world’s first regulatory approval to sell its lab-grown chicken meat in Singapore.
Singapore, a city-state with a population of 5.7 million, produces only around 10% of its food and has set out ambitious plans for raising food production by the next decade using high-tech farming.
East Just
Established in the year 2011 as Hampton Creek Foods, Inc.; Eat Just, Inc. is a food manufacturing company in the US. It is headquartered in San Francisco, US. The company produces cultural meat, plant-based products, and egg alternatives. The company has raised over $300 million since its establishment.