Alabama Senate passes ban of lab-grown meat; Moving it in the state would be felony

Alabama Senate passes ban of lab-grown meat; Moving it in the state would be felony

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate on Thursday approved legislation banning the sale of meat produced from cultured animal cells.

Senate Bill 23, sponsored by Sen. Jack Williams, R-Mobile, makes it a Class C felony to manufacture, sell or distribute cultivated meat. Cultivated meat is grown in labs using animal cells but without having to raise and kill animals.