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MI HB4076

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jerry Neyer

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits labeling or identifying laboratory-grown meat substitutes as "meat" in Michigan

  • Requires laboratory-grown meat substitute products to include qualifying terms on labels such as "cell-cultured," "lab-grown," "cultivated," "cell-cultivated," or another similar accurate term that clearly communicates the product's contents to consumers

  • Reorganizes existing food labeling requirements into a clearer format, specifying that packaged food products must display the true product name, ingredient statement (if multi-ingredient), net weight, and manufacturer name and address

  • Maintains existing requirements for meat products to disclose antioxidants and monosodium glutamate on labels or placards

  • Retains rules requiring meat products named after specific species (e.g., "turkey sausage") to contain only meat from those species, with multi-meat products requiring at least 20% of each named meat type

Legislative Description

Food: other; labeling lab-grown meat as meat; prohibit. Amends sec. 7129 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.7129).

Food: other

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Natural Resources And Agriculture

5/15/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources And Agriculture5/15/2025
Agriculture2/12/2025

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