Australian cultured meat startup Vow Foods, producer of traditional meats as well as more obscure meats like kangaroo, alpaca and water buffalo, recently announced the closing of an oversubscribed $6 million seed, to further research and develop its cultured meat products to surpass conventional meat in quality and taste.
How Australia’s National Measurement Institute Helped Bring Cultivated Meat to Market
Earlier this year, Vow Foods became the first company to receive regulatory approval for its cultivated meat in Australia. Now, the country’s government-administered National Measurement Institute (NMI) has revealed the role it played in helping to bring cultivated meat to market. To gain regulatory approval, Vow had to meet strict requirements, which included completing complex safety assessments and regulatory processes to adhere to food standards codes. The company was also …