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12	12	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40;
13	13	Title 44; Title 47; Title 49 and Title 53, relative to
14	14	cell-cultured food products.
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16	16	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	17	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-7-202, is amended by adding the
18	18	following new subdivision:
19	19	( ) "Cell-cultured food product":
20	20	(A) Means a food product intended for use as human food that is
21	21	produced without slaughter by growing, in a controlled environment, cells
22	22	harvested from species amenable to the Federal Meat Inspection Act; the
23	23	Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act; or cells harvested from shellfish species
24	24	or big game, game birds, or fish, as those terms are defined in § 70-1-101; and
25	25	(B) Includes food or a food additive produced in the manner described in
26	26	subdivision ( )(A) and used as an ingredient or component in a food;
27	27	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-7-202, is amended by deleting
28	28	subdivision (15) and substituting:
29	29	(15) "Meat":
30	30	(A) Means the edible part of the muscle of cattle, deer, sheep, swine, or
31	31	goats that is skeletal or that is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart,
32	32	or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overlying fat, and the
33	33	portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve, and blood vessels that normally accompany
34	34	the muscle tissue and that are not separated from it in the process of dressing;
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40	40	(B) Does not include:
41	41	(i) The muscle found in the lips, snout, or ears; or
42	42	(ii) A cell-cultured food product;
43	43	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-7-202, is amended by deleting
44	44	subdivision (21) and substituting:
45	45	(21) "Poultry":
46	46	(A) Means a live or slaughtered domesticated bird; and
47	47	(B) Does not include a cell-cultured food product;
48	48	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, is amended by adding
49	49	the following as a new part:
50	50	49-6-4601. Part definition.
51	51	As used in this part, "cell-cultured food product":
52	52	(1) Means a food product intended for use as human food that is
53	53	produced without slaughter by growing, in a controlled environment, cells
54	54	harvested from species amenable to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
55	55	§ 601 et seq.); the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. § 451 et
56	56	seq.); or cells harvested from shellfish species or big game, game birds, or fish,
57	57	as those terms are defined in § 70-1-101; and
58	58	(2) Includes food or a food additive produced in the manner described in
59	59	subdivision (1) and used as an ingredient or component in a food.
60	60	49-6-4602. Prohibition on cell-cultured food products in school lunch programs.
61	61	An LEA or public charter school shall not offer or distribute a cell-cultured food
62	62	product through the LEA's or public charter school's school nutrition program or another
63	63	source through which the LEA or public charter school provides food to students.
64	64	49-6-4603. Remedy.
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69	69	A parent who is affected, or whose student is affected, by a violation of this part
70	70	may bring a civil action against the LEA or public charter school in a court of competent
71	71	jurisdiction. The court in such action:
72	72	(1) May award compensatory damages, injunctive relief, or any other
73	73	appropriate relief to a prevailing party who establishes a violation of this part; and
74	74	(2) Shall award court costs, expenses, and reasonable attorney fees to a
75	75	prevailing party who establishes a violation of this part.
76	76	49-6-4604. Repeal.
77	77	This part terminates on July 1, 2035.
78	78	SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 1, is amended by
79	79	adding the following as a new section:
80	80	49-7-190.
81	81	(a) As used in this section, "cell-cultured food product":
82	82	(1) Means a food product intended for use as human food that is
83	83	produced without slaughter by growing, in a controlled environment, cells
84	84	harvested from species amenable to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
85	85	§ 601 et seq.); the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. § 451 et
86	86	seq.); or cells harvested from shellfish species or big game, game birds, or fish,
87	87	as those terms are defined in § 70-1-101; and
88	88	(2) Includes food or a food additive produced in the manner described in
89	89	subdivision (a)(1) and used as an ingredient or component in a food.
90	90	(b) A public institution of higher education shall not offer or distribute a cell-
91	91	cultured food product in the institution's food service center or another source through
92	92	which the institution provides food to students.
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97	97	(c) A student who is affected by a violation of this section may bring a civil action
98	98	against the public institution of higher education in a court of competent jurisdiction. The
99	99	court in such action:
100	100	(1) May award compensatory damages, injunctive relief, or any other
101	101	appropriate relief to a prevailing party who establishes a violation of this section;
102	102	and
103	103	(2) Shall award court costs, expenses, and reasonable attorney fees to a
104	104	prevailing party who establishes a violation of this section.
105	105	(d) This section terminates on July 1, 2035.
106	106	SECTION 6. The headings in this act are for reference purposes only and do not
107	107	constitute a part of the law enacted by this act. However, the Tennessee Code Commission is
108	108	requested to include the headings in any compilation or publication containing this act.
109	109	SECTION 7. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.