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Florida Just Became the First State to Ban Lab-Grown Meat

In signing the bill, DeSantis characterized cultivated meat as a product designed by "elites" that threatens the state's $546 million cattle industry. "What we're protecting here is the industry against acts of man, against an ideological agenda that wants to finger agriculture as the problem, that views things like raising cattle as destroying our climate," he said, according to the Florida Phoenix.

Under the new law, anyone who makes, sells, or distributes cultivated meat--which is also known as lab-grown or cultured meat--in Florida could face up to 60 days in jail. Several states are considering similar regulations, including Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee, and Texas. Italy banned lab-grown meat last year.


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