Restaurants across Australia will now soon serve so-called 'cultural meat' for the first time.
'Cultured meat' is the process of taking a small number of cells from an animal - in this case, a quail - and growing them in a factory-like environment to eventually produce a type of meat product.
The product is the brainchild of Australian start-up Vow, which in June became the first company in the country to get the green light to sell cultured meat.
However, scaling up the industry remains a challenge and calls for better investment are emerging as countries take steps to ban the sale and consumption of cultured foods, including Italy, France, and some U.S. states.
Concerns over quality and threats to farmers are some of the issues driving the rejection.
