Brazil’s JBS building lab-grown beef factory in Spain


The factory, which JBS said would be the world’s largest lab-grown meat plant, should produce more than 1,000 tonnes of cultivated beef per year. — Bloomberg

SAO PAULO: Brazilian meatpacker JBS says its subsidiary BioTech Foods has started construction in Spain on its first commercial-scale plant to produce lab-grown meat, which is set to be completed by mid-2024.

The factory, which JBS said would be the world’s largest lab-grown meat plant, should produce more than 1,000 tonnes of cultivated beef per year.

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