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Lab-grown meat becomes a crime to sell in Alabama after new bill
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:26 pm
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Alabama became the second state to ban lab-grown meat, making selling it a misdemeanor just six days after Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis signed similar legislation.
The Alabama bill, proposed by Republican state Sen. Jack Williams, vice chair of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee, and signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey on May 7, prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of food products made from cultured animal cells. State Rep. Denny Crawford also had a hand in the legislation.
“We greatly appreciate Sen. Williams and Rep. Crawford for working to protect consumers in Alabama,” Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Erin Beasley said. “Cattlemen work hard every day to raise cattle and produce high-quality beef. The tireless efforts of Sen. Williams and Rep. Crawford this session will ensure Alabamians continue to purchase safe, wholesome, real beef.”
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told Texas Scorecard that he would be in favor of doing the same thing.
“I commend Governor DeSantis for signing that bill. It’s something that hopefully will start a trend. Maybe we can possibly get that through the Texas legislature,” Miller said.
While lab-grown meat has yet to hit grocery shelves, two companies (UPSIDE Foods and Eat Just) were approved to sell products in the U.S.
UPSIDE initially launched its cultivated chicken at restaurant partners, starting with Chef Dominique Crenn’s restaurant Bar Crenn in San Francisco last summer. However, the partners reportedly have gone separate ways since the launch. Meanwhile, Eat Just plans to serve its lab-grown products at José Andrés in D.C.
The decision to ban cultivated meat is still controversial, with proponents of lab-grown products arguing that bans inhibit innovation and consumer choice. Some users on Reddit call the move “anti-free market,” while others argue that cultivated meats may provide a more environmentally sound option than traditional means of raising livestock for meat. However, a recent study by the University of California Davis suggests that lab-grown meat’s carbon footprint may currently be worse than retail beef.
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Alabama became the second state to ban lab-grown meat, making selling it a misdemeanor just six days after Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis signed similar legislation.
The Alabama bill, proposed by Republican state Sen. Jack Williams, vice chair of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee, and signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey on May 7, prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of food products made from cultured animal cells. State Rep. Denny Crawford also had a hand in the legislation.
“We greatly appreciate Sen. Williams and Rep. Crawford for working to protect consumers in Alabama,” Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Erin Beasley said. “Cattlemen work hard every day to raise cattle and produce high-quality beef. The tireless efforts of Sen. Williams and Rep. Crawford this session will ensure Alabamians continue to purchase safe, wholesome, real beef.”
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told Texas Scorecard that he would be in favor of doing the same thing.
“I commend Governor DeSantis for signing that bill. It’s something that hopefully will start a trend. Maybe we can possibly get that through the Texas legislature,” Miller said.
While lab-grown meat has yet to hit grocery shelves, two companies (UPSIDE Foods and Eat Just) were approved to sell products in the U.S.
UPSIDE initially launched its cultivated chicken at restaurant partners, starting with Chef Dominique Crenn’s restaurant Bar Crenn in San Francisco last summer. However, the partners reportedly have gone separate ways since the launch. Meanwhile, Eat Just plans to serve its lab-grown products at José Andrés in D.C.
The decision to ban cultivated meat is still controversial, with proponents of lab-grown products arguing that bans inhibit innovation and consumer choice. Some users on Reddit call the move “anti-free market,” while others argue that cultivated meats may provide a more environmentally sound option than traditional means of raising livestock for meat. However, a recent study by the University of California Davis suggests that lab-grown meat’s carbon footprint may currently be worse than retail beef.
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Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:37 pm to ArHog
I would have made it more than a misdemeanor.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:38 pm to Night Vision
Who the frick wants to eat chicken nuggets that look like deep fried erasers
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:40 pm to Night Vision
I’ve never eaten lab grown meat, but I’m skeptical it tastes like the real deal.
Seems like the market should be able to sort this out without government intervention.
Seems like the market should be able to sort this out without government intervention.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:40 pm to redneck hippie
Well, the left would eventually put it in things and not tell you it was grown in a lab.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:43 pm to Night Vision
"Govern me harder daddy" Right?
Another win for the small, limited gov movement
Another win for the small, limited gov movement
This post was edited on 5/18/24 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:44 pm to thejuiceisloose
Eat your lab grown meat.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:47 pm to Night Vision
WTF? If people want to sell and consume lab grown meat let them. As long as it’s properly marked we should have no problem with that.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:48 pm to Jrv2damac
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Who the frick wants to eat chicken nuggets that look like deep fried erasers
Obviously not you, so don’t buy it. Why do you have to outlaw it?
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:49 pm to Night Vision
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Well, the left would eventually put it in things and not tell you it was grown in a lab.
Then make a law that everything - including restaurant menus - must be properly labeled.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:49 pm to Penrod
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WTF? If people want to sell and consume lab grown meat let them. As long as it’s properly marked we should have no problem with that.
And you trust the gubment to properly mark this lab grown shite.
Damn your dense.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 12:54 pm to Penrod
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Then make a law that everything - including restaurant menus - must be properly labeled.
Like the ones they lie with now. Instead of saying grown in .... they say product of ...., because they were "processed" here, but not grown here.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 1:13 pm to Jrv2damac
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Who the frick wants to eat chicken nuggets that look like deep fried erasers
Biden supporters
Posted on 5/18/24 at 1:14 pm to redneck hippie
The carbohydrates will always be the true indicator (until the left starts lying about that too).
Posted on 5/18/24 at 1:17 pm to thejuiceisloose
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Govern me harder daddy" Right?
Another win for the small, limited gov movement
Yep. That ship has sailed. I’m all for the right exercising power to get rid of the progressive cancer.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 1:18 pm to Night Vision
The same people that insist on everything being organic and non GMO are the same group of people these products are targeted to
Posted on 5/18/24 at 1:20 pm to Night Vision
I can't imagine why anyone would want lab grown meat.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 1:21 pm to Penrod
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Well, the left would eventually put it in things and not tell you it was grown in a lab.
THIS.
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WTF? If people want to sell and consume lab grown meat let them. As long as it’s properly marked we should have no problem with that.
Yes, everything in the grocery store is labeled correctly or honestly.
If you think they would just stop at lab grown meat, you're as naive as you are ignorant.
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