Singapore has given US start-up Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world's first regulatory approval for so-called clean meat that does not come from slaughtered animals.

Unilever, Tesco and Nestlé are among the best prepared to capitalise on the trend for plant-based meat substitutes, according to a report from an investor group managing $5 trillion in assets.

Qatar has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in the production of live poultry, meat and dairy products, HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Subaie has said.

Widam Food Company will provide and slaughter the animals as per the legal and health regulations. QRCS's personnel will distribute the meat to families in need.

Zambia called on South African retail chains to also withdraw products produced at the Enterprise Food plant 300 kilometres northeast of Pretoria that health officials say was the source of the outbreak.

A Malaysian state will begin granting licences on Friday for crocodile hunting, local media reported, with applicants being warned to operate at their own risk.

Indian meat traders plan to take the government to court over new rules banning the trading of cattle including buffalo for slaughter, calling it a move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration ...

Two Muslim men have died after they were attacked by Indian villagers who suspected them of stealing cows, police said on Monday, the latest such attack over the animal Hindus consider sacred.

Abattoirs and meat sellers across India called off a four-day strike after the state government of Uttar Pradesh gave assurances that mainly Muslim-run, unlicensed slaughter houses would not be shut down or attacked.

Doha Municipality's Health Control Section seized 2,500kg of meat, in the form of carcasses, from a storehouse at the Industrial Area, for manipulating the expiry date.

Bangladesh zoo keepers have thrown two lions a wedding party that included a heart-shaped meat cake in the hope of drawing much-needed visitors and encouraging the animals to mate.

Officers from the Health Control Section at the Municipal Control Department of Doha Municipality conducted 1,430 inspections at food facilities within its jurisdiction last month, resulting in the closure of 10 errant outlets.