SWITZERLAND - Cultivated Beef Exports from Israel
Israel’s Aleph Farms Ltd., a startup that grows meat cuts directly from cattle cells, is gearing up to become the first to sell cultivated beef steaks in Europe.
For the regulatory process and commercialization of its cuts, Aleph Farms has teamed up with Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain, Migros, which first invested in the startup in 2019. The Israeli firm has set up similar partnerships with other multinationals: Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation’s Food Industry and US-based food corporation Cargill have also invested in the startup.
Aleph and Migros will develop a commercial strategy that involves the distribution of Aleph cuts through fine dining food service channels in Switzerland.
To produce its meat, Aleph leverages the ability of animals to grow tissue muscle constantly and isolates the cells responsible for that process. It then reproduces the optimal conditions for these cells to grow into tissue, basically growing meat outside the animal without using antibiotics.
-www.timesofisrael.com, 27 July 2023
Arno's Commentary
This seemingly miraculous scientific achievement originates in Israel. That actually is not surprising, for it is the Israeli book—the Bible—that records humanity from the beginning to end.
The original intention was vegetarian: “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat” (Genesis 1:29). After the fall, we read: “Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things” (Genesis 9:3). Finally, during the dispensation of grace, Paul declares: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days” (Colossians 2:16).
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
