Florida lawmakers are advancing a set of bills seeking to prohibit the sale of lab-grown meat due to safety concerns.
Bill HB 1071 is looking to ban the sale of “cultivated meat,” defined as “any meat or food product produced from cultured animal cells.” The bill makes it unlawful for any individual “to manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute cultivated meat” in Florida. Violations will be deemed as a misdemeanor of the second degree. Food establishments that manufacture, distribute, or sell cultivated meat will be “subject to disciplinary action.” Licenses of such establishments could also be suspended.
