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WV SB932

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Craig Hart

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Classifies cultivated meat products as adulterated foods under West Virginia's pure food and drugs law, effectively banning their sale in the state
  • Defines cultivated meat as food derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially replicating them in a laboratory growth medium to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or chemical characteristics of meat
  • Adds cultivated meat to the existing list of adulterated food criteria alongside diseased substances, poisonous additives, and misleading labeling
  • Effective date set for January 1, 2028
  • Introduced by Senators Hart, Smith, Chapman, and Rose; referred to the Agriculture and Judiciary committees

Legislative Description

Specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods

Last Action

To Judiciary

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/19/2026
Agriculture2/12/2026

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