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Cultivated Meat Regulatory Pathway

The novel-food approval pipeline for cell-cultured meat products. Israel approved its first cultivated beef product (Aleph Cuts) in 2024 — one of the first such approvals globally.

Why it matters\n\nIsrael's willingness to approve cultivated meat ahead of the EU and most US states is a deliberate signal of strategic-sector positioning. Whether commercial uptake follows the regulatory approval is the open question.