Source: American Institute for Economic Research
by Paul Mueller
“The Florida legislature recently decided that, along with deregulating electric-vehicle charging stations and giving kids excused absences for 4-H and FFA activity, it would restrict the ‘manufacturing, distributing, holding, or offering’ of cultivated or ‘lab-grown’ meat in SB 1084. Several states with Republican majorities, such as Alabama, Arizona, and Tennessee, have considered similar legislation. While Governor DeSantis labeled cultivated meat part of a ‘whole ideological agenda,’ this provision has the fingerprints of powerful lobbies like the Florida Poultry Federation and the Florida Cattlemen’s Association all over it. These lobbies have an obvious economic interest: reducing potential competition. Restricting alternative products means they can charge consumers higher prices. But why would Florida legislators agree to ban cultivated meat? No evidence has yet been offered as to why the FDA and other existing regulatory oversight is insufficient.” (05/03/24)
https://www.aier.org/article/floridas-faux-meat-ban-slaughtered-free-enterprise/