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OK introduces lab-grown meat ban bills 

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Feb. 06, 2025 1 minute read
OK introduces lab-grown meat ban bills 

The Food and Drug Administration and the USDA are jockeying for position to oversee regulations of lab grown meat. Meanwhile

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Two Oklahoma senators have introduced bills to ban cultivated meat. Senate Bill (SB) 22, authored by Sen. Grant Green (R-28), amends the state’s Meat Consumer Protection Act to prohibit the manufacturing and selling of cell-cultured meat.

“Oklahoma is a beef state that prides itself on having an abundance of healthy and natural protein,” Green said. “Oklahomans should support local farmers and ranchers instead of eating fake meat.”

SB 96, sponsored by Sen. Warren Hamilton (R-07), would stop people or entities from producing or selling the product.  

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