DeSantis signs bill banning lab-grown meat

The Hill ^ | 05/02/24 | Tara Suter

[JSM_Liberty]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill banning lab-grown meat in his state Wednesday, in what he described as an effort to “save our beef.”

“Today, Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian goals,” DeSantis said in a press release Wednesday. “Our administration will continue to focus on investing in our local farmers and ranchers, and we will save our beef.”

The bill, S.B. 1084, makes it “unlawful” for people to “manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute” lab-grown meat in Florida.

“Florida is taking a tremendous step in the right direction by signing first-in-the-nation legislation banning lab-grown meat,” Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson (R) said in the press release.

“We must protect our incredible farmers and the integrity of American agriculture. Lab-grown meat is a disgraceful attempt to undermine our proud traditions and prosperity, and is in direct opposition to authentic agriculture,” Simpson continued.

Good Meat, which describes itself on its website as “the first company in the world to sell cultivated meat,” said it was “disappointed” that DeSantis “signed into law the criminalization of cultivated meat in” the Sunshine State.

“In a state that purportedly prides itself on being a land of freedom and individual liberty, its government is now telling consumers what meat they can or cannot purchase,” Good Meat said in a post on the social platform X.

“The law is a setback for everyone: Floridians who deserve the right to eat whatever safe and approved meat they want; Florida’s technology sector, innovators and entrepreneurs; and all those working to stop the worst impacts of climate change,” the post continues.

[MV=PY]

Agreed. This takes away FL citizens’ freedom.

Why does FL the state get to decide what people eat? That’s nanny state stuff.

[Pox]

And what happens when companies start incorporating this faux meat into processed foods, additives and whatever else? Who will know when this is put into something other than a hamburger, steak, or whatever they’re processing the growths into?

No, let’s err on the side of caution and safety for right now. If Floridian’s want it, they can petition their government to repeal that law.

[b4me]

desantis will sign all sorts of papers, but won’t do his job to secure FL borders from illegals invading, still. loser as governor for not protecting his people from invasion, higher crime, expenses of damage, murders, rapes, etc etc etc.

[PrairieLady2]

If fake meat is what people want, they can order from Amazon or other companies, and have it shipped to their door. Or, thry can outchase it from out of state and bring it home. The governor didn’t sign a bill to prevent one from eating it, buy that it can’t replace real meat in the store.

Why is protecting farmers/ranchers a problem? You know darn well the fake stuff will be pushed as the real thing.

[cyberstoic]

Fake meat is scary. Immortalized cell lines,used to “grow” this “meat” are precancerous at worst, cancerous at best. No one has deliberately eaten such things before.

Of course immortal cell lines like HEK 293 were used to develop and/or test covid vaxes, so lots of people were already injected with them but that is another issue.