Florida's cultured meat ban grinds ahead— and China can't be happier
Florida could soon be the first nation to criminalize cultivated meat— and China appears thrilled.
A legislative package (HB 1071) heads to the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee for a Monday vote. That bill as written would outlaw the manufacture, sale or distribution of lab-made meats, a move industry advocates say will compromise both the state’s economy and America’s food security.
“We’re running into another wall right now, and that is a protein wall,” said Bill Helmich, a lobbyist for Food Solutions Action and The Good Food Institute during a February hearing.
“We’re running out of protein. Currently the global protein demand has increased by 50% since 20...
