Lab-Grown Barbecue Sales Banned in Texas
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott approved legislation, Senate Bill 261, which bans the manufacturing, selling, and distribution of lab-grown meat in the state beginning September 1, 2025.
- The law responds to concerns about potential health risks from cell-cultured proteins and aims to protect Texas' traditional beef industry and consumers.
- Texas, home to over 4.1 million cattle and supplying nearly 15% of U.S. beef, enforces new criminal penalties including Class A misdemeanors and felony charges for repeat offenses.
- Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller hailed the legislation as a significant victory for Texas livestock farmers and consumers, emphasizing that people in Texas deserve to know their food originates from traditional ranches rather than laboratory settings.
- Texas becomes the seventh state to ban lab-grown meat, reflecting efforts to safeguard traditional animal agriculture amid broader debates on food safety and industry competition.
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Texas Bans Bill Gates’ Lab-Grown ‘Meat’
The Great State of Texas has just dropped the hammer on billionaire Bill Gates and his allies by signing a new bill into law that protects the food supply from hyperprocessed fake "meat" products. The post Texas Bans Bill Gates’ Lab-Grown ‘Meat’ appeared first on Slay News.
COMMISSIONER MILLER PRAISES TEXAS LEGISLATURE FOR PUTTING A FORK IN LAB-GROWN MEAT
The bill banning lab-grown meat safeguards Texas agriculture and consumers AUSTIN — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today celebrated that Texas officially became the seventh state in the nation to ban the sale and production of lab-grown meat. The legislation, recently signed by Governor Greg Abbott, is now set to take effect on September 1, 2025. The measure will ban the sale of cell-cultured protein products for human consumption acr…
In Texas, a Ban on Lab-Cultivated Meat Reflects Deeper Divides
The state becomes the seventh in the United States to prohibit the sale of meat cultivated from animal cells.Food & Wine / Getty ImagesKey PointsTexas has passed a law banning lab-grown meat: Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 261, which prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cell-cultured protein in the state starting September 1, 2025.Supporters point to safety and agricultural issues: Backed by the Texas & Southwestern Catt…
The first-ever cultivated-meat fish just got FDA approval. Its CEO talks about how Wildtype got there.
For the first time ever, you can eat a real fish that was never alive. In early June, Wildtype, a San Francisco-based lab-grown meat company, received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell its cultivated sushi-grade salmon saku after a yearslong waiting game. The company is only the fourth to receive FDA approval for cultivated meat in the U.S., joining Upside Foods and Good Meat, which both sell laboratory-grown chicken, …
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