Food security game-changer: Malaysia entering cultured meat revolution

PERAI, May 9 -- Dr Mohamad Hafizi Abu Bakar, a senior lecturer in bioprocess technology at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, recently shared his experience tasting lab-grown unagi-cultivated by scientists at Cell AgriTech Sdn Bhd-with Bernama. --fotoBERNAMA (2025) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

KUALA LUMPUR: Scientist Dr Mohamad Hafizi Abu Bakar poked suspiciously at the shiny light brown substance on the plate.

Under the harsh glare of the fluorescent lights in a meeting room, the slice of - for lack of a better word - meat flopped on his fork.