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Two more states have now passed legislation to ban lab-grown meat. On May 1, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed HB401 into law, prohibiting the manufacture, sale and distribution of cultivated meat, while Indiana took another route this week, issuing a two-year moratorium on the products from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027. Following the temporary ban, cultivated meat products will then be required to display the phrase “this is an imitation meat product.”

The new law defines “cell-cultured edible product” as synthetic meat made from cultured animal cells, including muscle, fat, connective tissue, and blood, developed in laboratory environments rather than harvested from slaughtered animals. Under the legislation, both the sale and production of such products are now illegal in the state.

Montana is now the fifth state in the nation to pass legislation prohibiting lab-cultivated proteins. The push comes after concurrent Biden-era policies that simultaneously created a loophole for safety testing and prioritized lab- Cultivated proteins as "Climate-Friendly" ahead of labeling requirements.

House Bill 401 "steaks" our claim to the real thing.