MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS — Mosa Meat announced an agreement with Singapore-based cultivated meat manufacturer Esco Aster as a means to help bring Mosa Meat’s cultivated beef to market.

With Singapore being the first country to grant regulatory approval of cultivated meat in 2020, Mosa Meat hopes to reach commercialization soon with its new partnership. The company said Esco Aster is currently the only facility to obtain regulatory clearance to produce cultivated meat in Singapore.

“We will now be able to produce our beef in Asia, as well as in Europe at our recently announced 7,340 square meters facility, the world’s largest cultivated meat campus to date,” said Mosa Meat chief executive officer, Maarten Bosch. “The ability to produce our beef on two continents will also reduce the carbon footprint associated with shipping meat across the globe. Our partnership with Esco Aster marks another step forward in Mosa Meat’s global expansion and is a proud moment for the entire Mosa Meat team.”

In the past three months, Mosa Meat has grown its production team five-fold. The company expects the cultivated meat industry to grow 40% by 2050.

In October, Meatable also entered a partnership with Esco Aster to help launch its cultivated pork products in Singapore.