Bill > HB374

This bill seeks to modify Kentucky's food labeling and manufacturing regulations specifically regarding cultured meat products. The legislation would remove language that currently classifies meat or meat products containing cultured animal tissue (also known as lab-grown or cell-cultured meat) as misbranded, and simultaneously prohibit the manufacture, sale, or exchange of such products within the state. In practical terms, this means that producers of cultivated meat - which is meat created by cultivating animal cells in a laboratory setting rather than through traditional animal slaughter - would be banned from selling their products in Kentucky. The bill amends two sections of Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 217.035 and 217.175 to achieve these goals, effectively creating a regulatory barrier for a emerging food technology that produces meat through cellular agriculture. By adding a specific prohibition against cultured meat products, the bill signals a legislative stance against this novel food production method, potentially protecting traditional meat production industries while preventing consumers from accessing these alternative meat products.