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Panel hears bill requiring restaurants to label cell-cultured meat; debate over scope and health claims
Summary
House Bill 163 would require restaurants to label cell-cultured (lab-grown) meat on menus. Sponsors said the change is a transparency measure; supporters and opponents debated whether plant-based alternatives should be included and raised unverified health concerns during testimony.
Representatives Ridley presented House Bill 163 to the House Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, seeking a requirement that restaurants disclose when a menu item is cell-cultured meat (meat grown from animal cells in a lab). The presenters said grocery labeling already covers such products and asked for parity in food-service transparency.
The sponsors framed the measure as a narrow transparency requirement for restaurants, not an outright ban. Representative Ridley and…
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