One Hundred Ninth Legislature - First Session - 2025 Introducer€s Statement of Intent LB246 € Chairperson: Senator Barry DeKay Committee: Agriculture Date of Hearing: February 18, 2025 € The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be accomplished thereby: € LB 246 would bar the manufacture, sale and distribution of cultured protein products in Nebraska. Cultured products as defined are deemed an adulterated food product and thus prohibited under the Pure Food Act. In addition to administrative, injunctive and misdameanor remedies against adulterated food under the Pure Food Act, the commercial and occupational manufacture, sale, promotion and distribution of cultured protein products would also be subject to remedies under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.€€ € € Principal Introducer:________________________________ Senator Barry DeKay - 1 -