25.205.11 100th Legislative Session 1022
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1022
Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources at the request of the Department
of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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An Act to prohibit the misbranding of any cell-cultured protein product. 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2
Section 1. That § 39-5-26 be AMENDED: 3
39-5-26. For purposes of this chapter, the term "misbranded" shall apply applies 4
to any carcass, part thereof, or meat food product under one or more of the following 5
circumstances: 6
(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; or; 7
(2) If it is offered for sale under the name of another food; or 8
(3) If it is an imitation of another food, unless its label bears, in type of uniform size 9
and prominence, the word "imitation" and immediately thereafter, the name of the 10
food imitated; or 11
(4) If its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading; or 12
(5) If in a package or other container, unless it bears a label showing: 13
(a) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; 14
and 15
(b) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, 16
measure, or numerical count: Provided, provided that under clause (b) of 17
this subdivision, reasonable variations may be permitted, and exemptions 18
as to small packages may be established, by regulations rules prescribed 19
by the secretary of the Animal Industry Board; or 20
(6) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this 21
chapter to appear on the label or other labeling is not prominently placed thereon 22
with such conspicuousness (, as compared with other words, statements, designs, 23
or devices, in the labeling), and in such terms as to terms that render it likely to 24
be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of 25
purchase and use; or 26 25.205.11 2 1022
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(7) If it purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard 1
of identity or composition has been prescribed by regulations rules of the secretary 2
under § 39-5-28 unless: 3
(a) It conforms to such the definition and standard; and 4
(b) Its label bears the name of the food specified in the definition and standard 5
and, insofar as may be required by such regulations rules, the common 6
names of optional ingredients (, other than spices, flavoring, and coloring), 7
present in such the food; or 8
(8) If it purports to be or is represented as a food for which a standard or standards 9
of fill of container have has been prescribed by regulations rules of the secretary 10
under § 39-5-28, and it falls below the standard of fill of container applicable 11
thereto, unless its label bears, in such the manner and form as such the regulations 12
rules specify, a statement that it falls below such the standard; or 13
(9) If it is not subject to the provisions of subdivision (7), unless its label bears: 14
(a) The common or usual name of the food, if any there be; and 15
(b) In case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual 16
name of each such ingredient;, except that spices, flavorings, and colorings 17
may, when authorized by the secretary, be designated as spices, flavorings, 18
and colorings without naming each; Provided, provided that, to the extent 19
that compliance with the requirements of clause (b) of this subdivision (9) 20
this subsection is impracticable, or results in deception or unfair 21
competition, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated 22
by the secretary the secretary shall promulgate rules to establish 23
exemptions; or 24
(10) If it purports to be or is represented for special dietary uses, unless its label bears 25
such information concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as 26
the secretary determines to be, and by regulations rules prescribed as, necessary 27
in order fully to inform purchasers as to its value for such the uses; or 28
(11) If it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical 29
preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact: Provided , provided that, to 30
the extent that compliance with the requirements of this subdivision (11) this 31
requirement is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations 32
promulgated by the secretary the secretary shall promulgate rules to establish 33
exemptions; or 34 25.205.11 3 1022
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(12) If it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its containers, as the secretary may by 1
regulations rules prescribe, the inspection legend and such any other information 2
as the secretary may require in such regulations to effectuate the purposes of this 3
chapter; or 4
(13) If it is, or contains, any cell-cultured protein and does not clearly state in a 5
prominent and conspicuous manner the words “cell -cultured” or “lab-grown” in 6
type of uniform size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name of the 7
food on the label. 8
For purposes of this section, "cell-cultured protein" means a product that is 9
produced for use as human food, made wholly or in part from any cell culture or the DNA 10
of a host animal, and grown or cultivated outside a live animal. This section does not apply 11
to the process of embryo transfer in livestock. 12