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Dutch cultivated meat company Meatable is ceasing operations and will dissolve its legal entity after failing to secure continued funding.

Malaysia’s Islamic authority has issued a landmark ruling allowing cultivated meat to be considered halal, marking a first for a Muslim-majority country.

Believer Meats – one of the few cultivated meat companies to clear both the FDA and USDA steps required to sell its products in the US – has ceased operations.

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA), in collaboration with Food Standards Scotland (FSS), has released the country’s first safety guidance for cell-cultivated products (CCPs), commonly known as lab-grown meat.

Cultigen Group has launched Cellbase, a B2B marketplace designed to help cultivated meat companies source equipment and materials more efficiently.

Germany-based cultivated fish producer Bluu is entering new markets beyond food as it looks to supply high-value marine ingredients to the health and beauty sectors.

Agronomics Limited portfolio company SuperMeat has secured $3.5 million in funding through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), with Agronomics contributing $2 million – $0.75 million in cash and $1.25 million via new shares.

A dairy farm in Zuid-Holland has become the first in the world to produce cultivated meat on-site, through a collaboration between start-up RespectFarms and farmer Corné van Leeuwen.