<2> U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court
<3> Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s Statement on Lab-Grown Meats
Last June, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement that Texans “have a God-given right to know what’s on their plate, and for millions of Texans, it better come from a pasture, not a lab. It’s plain cowboy logic that we must safeguard our real, authentic meat industry from synthetic alternatives.”
<3> California Company Wildtype Sues Texas Over Ban on Cell-Cultivated Meat
But California company Wildtype sells lab-grown salmon — and is suing Texas over its ban on cell-cultivated meat, the Austin Chronicle reported this week. The company’s founder says lab-grown salmon eliminates the mercury, microplastic, and antibiotic contamination commonly found in seafood. And one chef in Austin, Texas says lab-grown salmon is “awesome” and “something new” — at the only Texas restaurant that was serving it last summer:
<3> Texas Ban on Lab-Grown Meats Takes Effect
Just two months after the salmon hit the menu, Texas banned the sale of cell-cultivated meat