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MI HB5879
MI HB5879Food: meats; production and sale of lab-grown meat; prohibit. Amends secs. 5107 & 7129 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.5107 & 289.7129).
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Introduced
06/27/2024
06/27/2024
In Committee
06/27/2024
06/27/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2024
12/31/2024
Introduced Session
102nd Legislature
Bill Summary
A bill to amend 2000 PA 92, entitled"Food law,"by amending sections 5107 and 7129 (MCL 289.5107 and 289.7129), section 5107 as amended by 2007 PA 114.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Michigan Food Law by prohibiting the production and sale of cultivated or lab-grown meat. Specifically, it adds a new subsection that makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days in jail or a $1,000 fine for a person to manufacture for sale or offer or expose for sale cultivated meat. The bill defines "cultivated meat" as meat or a meat product produced from cultured animal tissue grown outside the animal. The other key provisions of the bill include increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of the Food Law and clarifying labeling requirements for meat products.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (9)
Jim DeSana (R)*,
Joseph Fox (R),
Neil Friske (R),
Jaime Greene (R),
Mike Hoadley (R),
Matt Maddock (R),
Jerry Neyer (R),
David Prestin (R),
Rachelle Smit (R),
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/27/2024 (on 07/30/2024)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-HB-5879 |
| BillText | https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/House/htm/2024-HIB-5879.htm |
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