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TALLAHASSEE, FL—A sweeping Florida bill is facing backlash over its proposed ban on lab-grown meat, with opponents fearing limited consumer choices, a weakened American economy, and an increase in Chinese jobs. HB 1071, sponsored by Republican Rep. Danny Alvarez, proposes an all-out ban on the manufacture or sale of cultivated meat, branding violators with a […]

Florida Senator Clay Yarborough (R) has filed a bill that would prohibit the sale or production of lab-grown, i.e., cultivated, meat in Florida.  Cultivated meat refers to the process of harnessing technology to grow animal cells into edible muscle and fat tissue.  The innovative product has taken the meat industry by surprise and disrupted markets […]