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May 4 2024 from the Food Safety News:

"'The Revolution That Died on Its Way to Dinner' By Joe Fassler was published on March 2 in the New York Times. It told of how the cultivated meat industry 'was never a real prospect.'

"But Florida is still taking it for real. Yesterday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that outlaws the manufacture and distribution of so-called 'lab-grown' meat in the state as a threat to Florida agriculture.

"Lab-grown meat, which was the subject of $3 billion in investment capital between 2016 and 2022, is meat developed from animal stem cells, While precious little has gone to market, as many as 60 startups are in the industry.

"The new Florida law does not include products made with plant-based ingredients.

"Florida is ninth in beef cattle, with 862,000 head for a total economic impact of more than $900 million annually."

Alabama becomes second state to outlaw cultivated meat

May 9, 2024 from the Alt-meat

"Alabama is now the second state in America where cultivated meat cannot be manufactured or commercialized as Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed a bill (SB 23) that includes the cultivated meat ban.

"Violating the law will be a class C misdemeanor, which carries the possibility of up to a three-month jail sentence and a fine of $500. The new law takes effect October 1."