Czech start-up Bene Meat Technologies is the first to win European Union registration for laboratory-grown meat for use in pet food and plans to boost production to make up to several metric tons per day next year, the company said on Wednesday.
Aims for products to hit market next year, boost productionPRAGUE, Nov 8 - and fish products to appeal to consumers concerned about ethical issues and the environmental impact of livestock farming, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.in June for their so-called cultivated meat, made from animal cells, for human consumption, a second place after Singapore. But large-scale production is yet to begin.
"Today we have become the first company globally that has an official authorisation for the production and sale of cultivated meat for cats and dogs," Managing Director Roman Kriz told Reuters.Kriz said the firm was able to scale up production and offer prices to make the product commercially viable.
Bene Meat next plans to test how the product tastes to animals, while scaling up production at its current Prague lab and at new premises it is looking for. The start-up, set up in 2020 and owned by Czech medical devices producer BTL group, has more than 80 researchers and developers and has invested "high single millions" of euros into development, Kriz said.Meat for human consumption also remains among its goals, Kriz said.
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