Israel’s Ministry of Health (MoH) agency has issued a “no questions” letter to Aleph Farms, granting the company pre-approval for its cultivated beef steaks.
The pre-approval is the first-ever green light for a non-chicken cultivated meat product; it’s also the first approval for a cultivated meat company in the Middle East.
Aleph Farms will first unveil its beefsteak analogues to restaurant diners before a wider release.
Why it matters:
The no questions letter deems Israel-based Aleph Farms’ product — a thin-cut beefsteak it’s calling “Aleph Cuts” — safe to eat. It grants Aleph Farms permission to produce and market its product, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to AgFunderNews.
Said permission is subject to specific directions for labeling and marketing provided by the MoH and the completion of a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) inspection for the company’s pilot production facility.
Aleph Farms will first introduce Cuts to diners in select restaurants in Israel in the form of a cultivated “petit steak.”
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