Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed Senate Bill 261 into law on June 25, which bans lab-grown meat in the state.
Beginning Sept. 1, the sale of cell-cultured proteins for human consumption will result in a Class A misdemeanor. Texas joins six other states that have passed legislation regarding lab-grown meat practices: Indiana, Nebraska, Montana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association said the bill will protect “Texas consumers from being a science experiment as companies seek to profit from selling cell-cultured protein with no long-term health studies.”
