AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the many laws that took effect on Sept. 1 is now causing “beef” with California. Earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 261 into law, banning the sale of lab-grown or cultured meat in Texas.
A new lawsuit states the law may violate the United States Constitution.
Lab-grown or cultured meat is protein grown in vats by encouraging cells to replicate. According to the Good Food Institute, this meat is genuine animal meat that is “nutritionally comparable to conventional meat, allowing us to feed more people with fewer resources and meet the growing global demand for protein in a more humane way.”
On Sept. 3, California-based Wildtype and UPSIDE Foods filed a lawsuit against representatives with the Texas Attorney General, the Department of State Health Services, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Travis County…