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Legislature advances bill to ban sale and manufacture of cultivated protein products
Summary
Lawmakers advanced LB246 after hours of debate over safety, labeling and economic impacts for Nebraska agriculture. Sponsor Senator DeKay said the bill would prohibit sale and distribution of “cultivated protein food products”; opponents urged labeling and warned the ban could chill innovation.
Senator DeKay, sponsor of LB246, told the Legislature the bill “would quite simply ban the manufacturer sale and distribution of what is referred to and defined in the bill as cultivated protein food products in the state.” The measure, introduced at the request of the governor, would amend state Pure Food Act provisions to declare products containing cultivated protein adulterated and add an enforcement path under deceptive trade practices law.
Supporters said the measure is a preemptive consumer-protection step and a defense of Nebraska’s livestock industry. “I share the governor's passion for the families and thousands…
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