Lab-grown meat is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants.
Business FILE - Chef Zach Tyndall prepares Good Meat's cultivated chicken at the Eat Just office in Alameda, Calif., June 14, 2023. If some lawmakers have their way, it never will be. is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants. If some lawmakers have their way, it never will be.. In Iowa, the governor signed a bill prohibiting schools from buying lab-grown meat. Federal lawmakers are also looking to restrict it.It’s unclear how far these efforts will go.
The backlash isn’t confined to the U.S. Italy banned the sale of lab-grown meat late last year. French lawmakers have also introduced a bill to ban it. “It’s a shame they are closing the door before we even get out of the gate,” Tom Rossmeissl, the head of global marketing for Good Meat, said. The company is considering its legal options, he said.
But those within the cultivated meat industry say their products must meet rigorous government safety tests before going on sale. Theirisn’t trying to replace meat, they say, but figure out ways to feed the world’s growing need for protein. “Let’s not be in a rush to replace something,” he said. “It’s a billion-dollar industry. We feed a ton of people across the country with our cattle, beef, pork, poultry and fish industries.”made up 15% of U.S. milk sales last year; that’s up from around 6% a decade ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Good Food Institute, an advocacy group for plant-based and cultivated products.
“We do not support the route of banning these outright,” Sigrid Johannes, the director of government affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said. “We’re not afraid of competing with these products in the marketplace.”
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