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Slaughter-free meat will be manufactured and distributed across Japan thanks to a partnership between Israel-based cellular agriculture startup Aleph Farms and the Mitsubishi Corporation’s Food Industry Group. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement signed this month, Aleph Farms will provide its BioFarm manufacturing platform for use of cultivating whole-muscle steaks on a large scale while the Mitsubishi Corporation which operates 1,700 group companies in 90 countries will provide its expertise in biotechnology processes, branded food manufacturing, and local distribution channels in Japan.
“The MoU with Mitsubishi Corporation’s Food Industry Group marks an important milestone for us, as we methodically build the foundations of our global go-to-market activities with selected partners,” Aleph Farms Co-Founder and CEO Didier Toubia said. “The cooperation demonstrates Aleph Farms’ strategy of working together with the food and meat industries to ensur