Florida House subcommittee to hear proposed lab-grown meat ban bill [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. – The fight to keep lab-grown meat out of Florida restaurants continues in Tallahassee.

On Monday, the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee will take up House Bill 1071, filed by Rep. Danny Alvarez, R-Hillsborough County, that would address a series of Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issues, including imposing a ban on making or selling “cultivated” meat in the state.

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“We don’t even know how it will affect our DNA or our biome,” said Bill Sponsor Rep. Danny Alvarez, “So, we just want to take a very soft and slow, methodical approach to make sure we’re doing the right thing for the citizens of Florida.”

Lab-grown meat is created by using just a few cells from an animal, which can grow into a sizable portion after several weeks. Federal regulators said some of it is safe and ready to eat …