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- nottheonion
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- nottheonion
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned lab-grown meat, saying he will “save our beef” from the “global elite” and its “authoritarian plans”.
“Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs,” Mr DeSantis said in a statement.
The first-in-the-nation law prohibits anyone from selling or distributing lab-grown meat in Florida.
Similar efforts are under way in Alabama, Arizona and Tennessee.
Lab-grown or “cultivated” meat was first cleared for consumption in the US in 2022.
The process of making cultivated meat involves extracting cells from an animal, which are then fed with nutrients such as proteins, sugars and fats. The end product is genetically indistinguishable from traditionally produced meat.
Studies have suggested that eating cultivated meat can cut carbon emissions and water usage, and free up land for nature, compared to eating traditionally produced meat.
https://www.floridabeef.org/raising-beef/cattle-in-florida
Someone’s probably worried about competition.
The question is, how much money is involved this that Ron is worried. Does he have a stake in it?
I mean, politicians don’t generally need to personally be involved in an industry for special interests to have an influence on policy.
I wonder if there’s room for a Dormant Commerce Clause case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormant_Commerce_Clause
Thank you for this. I was not aware. I would love to see a challenge like this, but I won’t hold my breath.
Great info.
And when I pointed out that about the Tik Tok ban I was told that it was because the government really cares about us.