Florida Senate - 2024 SB 586



By Senator Yarborough





4-00278A-24 2024586__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to cultivated meat; amending s.
3 500.03, F.S.; defining the term “cultivated meat”;
4 creating s. 500.452, F.S.; prohibiting the
5 manufacture, sale, holding or offering for sale, or
6 distribution of cultivated meat in this state;
7 providing criminal penalties; providing for additional
8 licensing penalties; providing that such products are
9 subject to an immediate stop-sale order; authorizing
10 the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to
11 adopt rules; providing an effective date.
12
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14
15 Section 1. Present paragraphs (k) through (y) of subsection
16 (1) of section 500.03, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
17 paragraphs (l) through (z), respectively, and a new paragraph
18 (k) is added to that subsection, to read:
19 500.03 Definitions; construction; applicability.—
20 (1) For the purpose of this chapter, the term:
21 (k) “Cultivated meat” means any meat or food product
22 produced from cultured animal cells.
23 Section 2. Section 500.452, Florida Statutes, is created to
24 read:
25 500.452 Cultivated meat; prohibition; penalties.—
26 (1) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell,
27 hold or offer for sale, or distribute cultivated meat in this
28 state.
29 (2) A person who violates this section commits a
30 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
31 775.082 or s. 775.083.
32 (3) A food establishment that manufactures, distributes, or
33 sells cultivated meat in violation of this section is subject to
34 disciplinary action pursuant to s. 500.121.
35 (4) In addition to the penalties provided in this section,
36 the license of any restaurant, store, or other business may be
37 suspended as provided in the applicable licensing law upon the
38 conviction of an owner or employee of that business for a
39 violation of this section in connection with that business.
40 (5) A product found to be in violation of this section is
41 subject to s. 500.172 and an immediate stop-sale order.
42 (6) The department may adopt rules to implement this
43 section.
44 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.