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WV SB932
Bill
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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