This is a linkpost for https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gfi-apac_breaking-malaysias-islamic-authority-declares-activity-7404336568339116033-SWdN/
Malaysia’s Islamic authority declares cultivated meat can be halal - a first for a Muslim-majority country
The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia – JAKIM), through the National Muzakarah Committee, has issued a landmark religious ruling (fatwa) stating that cultivated meat can be halal if certain basic conditions are met. This declaration comes just months after Malaysia completed an expansive National Cultivated Meat Feasibility Study, as part of a government effort supported by the prime minister to explore “the potential of future foods.”
Source: GFI APAC, Based on Religious Ruling (Link Provided in Their Post)
Could this apply to cultivated meat based on non-halal animals such as pigs?
I am surprised at this, only because I remember the Gulf states were quite keen on bringing production into their countries and I would’ve thought they’d have declared Halal sooner!