Bay Area companies growing meat in labs already face bans in some states

Lab-grown meat from a pair of companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants, but that hasn't stopped lawmakers in two states from taking steps to ban it.Earlier this month, both Florida and Alabama banned the sale of cultivated meat and seafood, which is grown from animal cells. In Iowa, the governor signed a bill prohibiting schools from buying lab-grown meat. Federal lawmakers are also looking to restrict it.

'Meat comes from livestock raised by hardworking farmers and ranchers, not from a petri dish grown by scientists.'But those within the cultivated meat industry say their products must meet rigorous government safety tests before going on sale. Their nascent industry isn't trying to replace meat, they say, but figure out ways to feed the world's growing need for protein.Rossmeissl said the U.S.

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