Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF1188 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to agriculture; defining terms related to cell-cultured and insect products;
3	3	1.3 requiring food labels to identify products containing cell-cultured products or
4	4	1.4 insect protein; requiring restaurants to indicate if a menu item contains a
5	5	1.5 cell-cultured product or an insect protein; proposing coding for new law in
6	6	1.6 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 31.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. [31.641] CELL-CULTURED PRODUCTS; INSECT PROTEIN.
9	9	1.9 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
10	10	1.10the meanings given.
11	11	1.11 (b) "Cell-cultured product" means a food product intended for human consumption and
12	12	1.12derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially replicating those cells in a growth medium
13	13	1.13in a laboratory to produce tissue.
14	14	1.14 (c) "Close proximity" means:
15	15	1.15 (1) immediately before or after the name of the product;
16	16	1.16 (2) in the line of the label immediately before or after the line containing the name of
17	17	1.17the product; or
18	18	1.18 (3) in the same phrase or sentence containing the name of the product.
19	19	1.19 (d) "Insect product" means a food product intended for human consumption and derived
20	20	1.20by combining processed insects with food additives to approximate the texture, flavor,
21	21	1.21appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type
22	22	1.22of egg, egg product, fish, meat, meat product, poultry, or poultry product.
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-02996 as introduced01/31/25 REVISOR BD/VJ
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 1188NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: WESTROM, Howe, Utke, Drazkowski and Green)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading02/10/2025
31	31	Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development 2.1 Subd. 2.Cell-cultured product labeling required.It is unlawful for any person to sell,
32	32	2.2offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, a cell-cultured product at
33	33	2.3wholesale or retail unless the product label bears, in prominent type equal to or greater in
34	34	2.4size than the surrounding type and in close proximity to the name of the product, one of the
35	35	2.5following:
36	36	2.6 (1) "cell-cultured";
37	37	2.7 (2) "lab-grown"; or
38	38	2.8 (3) a similar qualifying term or disclaimer approved by the commissioner of agriculture
39	39	2.9and intended to clearly communicate to a consumer the contents of the product.
40	40	2.10 Subd. 3.Insect product labeling required.It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer
41	41	2.11or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, an insect product at wholesale
42	42	2.12or retail unless:
43	43	2.13 (1) the product label bears, in prominent type equal to or greater in size than the
44	44	2.14surrounding type and in close proximity to the name of the product, the term "insect protein"
45	45	2.15or a similar qualifying term or disclaimer approved by the commissioner of agriculture and
46	46	2.16intended to clearly communicate to a consumer that the product is an insect product; and
47	47	2.17 (2) the ingredient list includes both the common and scientific name of each insect
48	48	2.18incorporated in the insect product.
49	49	2.19 Subd. 4.Grocery stores and other retailers.It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer
50	50	2.20or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, a cell-cultured product or an
51	51	2.21insect product at retail unless the product is labeled as required in subdivision 2 or 3.
52	52	2.22 Subd. 5.Restaurants and similar establishments.It is unlawful for any person to sell,
53	53	2.23offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, a cell-cultured product,
54	54	2.24an insect product, a food containing a cell-cultured product, or a food containing an insect
55	55	2.25product at a restaurant or other food service establishment unless the product is clearly and
56	56	2.26prominently identified as such on the menu or bill of fare.
57	57	2Section 1.
58	58	25-02996 as introduced01/31/25 REVISOR BD/VJ