Aleph Farms has commenced operation in a new building of 65,000 square feet in extent. The facility will include a pilot-scale production plant, a new R&D center and administration to support production of cell-cultured meat. The company intends gaining regulatory approval in 2022 for a thin cut beef steak and will erect production facilities before 2024.
Aleyal Rivlin, Vice President of production and operations at Aleph Farms, stated “Our new facility enables us to scale our production capabilities and launch limited quantities of our steak around the end of this year.” He added, “We have worked hard to get here and it is exciting to see the infrastructure that will help bring our vision to life.”
The facility is located in Rehovot, a biotechnology hub in Israel with close affiliations with the National Agricultural Research Institute.