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Wyoming panel backs ban on sales of lab-grown "cultivated meat"
Summary
The Senate, sitting as the Committee of the Whole, gave a do-pass recommendation on House Bill 168, which defines “cultivated meat” and prohibits its sale for human consumption in Wyoming. Lawmakers debated public-health, economic and freedom arguments before passing the measure by voice vote.
The Wyoming Senate, sitting as the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 18, advanced House Bill 168, a measure that defines “cultivated meat” and bars its manufacture for sale, sale, offer for sale or distribution for human consumption in the state.
Sponsor and floor manager Senator Fred French urged the committee to support the bill; Senator Philip Driscoll, who explained the measure on the floor, said the bill does not stop production or sale of cultured products — it only prevents those products from being labeled or sold as “meat.”…
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