County Down food producer Finnebrogue has laid plans to create the world’s first "cultivated" Wagyu beef derived from cells from its own cattle herd.
The Downpatrick company, which makes a range of products from sausages to nitrate-free bacon to vegan products, said it has signed a letter of intent with an Oxfordshire-based cultivated meat specialist, Ivy Farm Technologies.
The two companies have agreed to come together to produce cultivated wagyu burgers “once the nascent industry is given the regulatory green light”. Unlike traditionally produced food products, cultivated meat has to go through pre-market authorization from the Food Standards Agency.
