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