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Senate Ag Committee unanimously backs labeling requirement for lab‑cultured meat products
Summary
The South Carolina Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously to adopt a subcommittee amendment and report S.103 favorably to the full Senate; the bill requires manufacturers to label products developed from cultured animal cells and exempts most retailers unless they sell house‑brand items.
COLUMBIA — The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously to send S.103 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass as amended, advancing a bill that would require manufacturers to label food products derived from cell‑cultured animal tissue.
Senator Maroney, chair of the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, opened the session and put the bill to members after Senator Kimbrell, subcommittee chair and senator from Spartanburg, summarized the measure and the subcommittee changes adopted the previous day.
The bill does not ban the sale or purchase of cell‑cultured foods, Kimbrell said. “We just want to make sure people are clear about what they're buying,” he said, describing the proposal as a consumer‑information measure rather than a prohibition. The text…
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