South Dakota moving toward lab-grown meat ban
Critics say designating cultivated protein as 'adulterated food' undermines free market and makes livestock producers vulnerable to retaliatory out of state policies
South Dakota lawmakers are gunning to ban lab-grown meat.
A panel of state House legislators has advanced legislation that would ban artificial meat in the state, setting up a pointed debate over food safety, consumer choice and whether lawmakers should block products that aren’t yet on grocery shelves.
Earning support from the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee with a 9–3 vote Tuesday morning, House Bill 1077 would classify cultivated-protein products — meat grown from animal cells in laboratories — as “adulterated food” under state law, effectively prohibiting their sale in South Dakota.
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