Florida agriculture commissioner sued over new law banning lab-grown meat
A California-based company that manufactures meat from animal cells has filed a federal lawsuit in a bid to overturn a new Florida law that bans the sale of “cultivated meat.”
Upside Foods Inc. filed the lawsuit against Florida’s agricultural commissioner and other state officials on Aug. 12 in the Northern District of Florida. The company is no longer able to distribute its cultivated meat products in Florida as a result of Senate Bill 1084, which was enacted this year.
“Upside doesn’t want to force anyone to eat cultivated meat,” the lawsuit states. “But it does want the opportunity to distribute its product to willing consumers, so that those consumers can decide for themselves whether Upside’s product is worth eating. And Upside has a right to do so, because SB 1084 is unconstitutional.”

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