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Cell AgriTech Set to Open Malaysia’s First Cultivated Seafood & Meat Plant by 2024

Malaysia’s first cultivated meat company, Cell AgriTech, says it will start the construction of its first cultivated meat production plant in Penang, set to be completed by the end of 2024 with a total investment of RM20 million.  Although regulations regarding the industry are unclear in the country and region — except for Singapore, which has granted approval for growth media and cultivated products — Cell Agritech aims to launch its products into the Asian market by 2025. Malaysia’s first cultivated meat conference Jason Ng Chin Aikm, Cell AgriTech’s founder, made the announcements at the country’s first Cultivated Meat Conference held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on the 15th and 16th of March. Cell AgriTech and Bioeconomy Corporation, a leading economic development agency for …

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