Vow approved to sell cultivated meat in Australia and New Zealand
The news: Cultivated meat company Vow has been approved to sell its products in Australia and New Zealand by Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
The context: Under its first brand, Forged, Sydney-based Vow will launch with its cultured Japanese quail product after receiving the first approval of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere
Vow — which raised $73.5 million in 2022 from investors including Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg Capital and Grok Ventures — announced it was cutting 25 jobs in January as part of a strategic pivot to manufacturing, as the cultivated meat pioneer neared local regulatory approval.
The source: LinkedIn