Aleph Farms Receives Preliminary Approval to Produce Cultivated Beef Steaks

The Israeli company plans to grow beef from cells derived from a Black Angus cow, marking a significant step in the cultivated meat industry.

Aleph Farms, an Israeli company, has received preliminary approval from health officials to produce and sell the world's first steaks made from cultivated beef cells.
The beef will be grown from cells derived from a fertilized egg from a Black Angus cow named Lucy living on a California farm.
Regulators must still approve the company's labels and conduct a final inspection before the product can be served to diners.
This development follows the approval of lab-grown chicken in the U.S. in 2023.
More than 150 companies worldwide are pursuing the creation of cultivated, or 'cell-cultured,' meat, aiming to reduce harm to animals and the environmental impact of conventional meat production.