Cultivated meat is produced from animal cells without raising or slaughtering whole animals and remains uncommon in stores and restaurants. Texas passed a law banning cultivated meat, and two cultivated-meat companies plus a public-interest law firm filed a federal lawsuit challenging the ban as an unconstitutional attempt to shield conventional agriculture from competition. Both Upside Foods' and Wildtype's cultivated products have received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. One Austin restaurant briefly served cultivated salmon but stopped after the ban. Similar state bans have appeared in Florida and Alabama.
Cultivated meat-meat grown from cells, not from whole animals-isn't yet a widespread option in grocery stores or restaurants. The innovation, which involves growing meat from real animal cells without raising or slaughtering any animals, is still relatively rare. But already, Texas lawmakers have decided to ban it. Now, two cultivated meat companies are fighting back with a federal lawsuit that challenges that ban.
(The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have approved both Upside's and Wildtype's cultivated meat as safe.) "How do we know that?" he continued. "Because the sponsors of the bill made absolutely no secret of it. Repeatedly in committee hearings and on the floor of the Texas House, they said that the purpose of this law is to protect Texas's agricultural industry. But that is not a legitimate use of government power."
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