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:
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   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.