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House advances bill requiring labeling for lab-grown meat; supporters warn against overreach
Summary
House Bill 134, which would require products made with laboratory-grown meat to be labeled, passed the House after debate on whether the measure could hamper innovation and how prominent labeling should be.
The North Carolina House passed House Bill 134 on March 25, a measure that would require businesses selling cultivated or laboratory-grown meat to label such products to avoid consumer confusion. The bill passed its second and third readings and was ordered sent to the Senate.
Sponsor Representative Dixon said the legislation would "instruct those with sale or manufacturing sale grown,…
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