Mississippi House Bill 657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Cell-cultured Meat Or Lab-grown Meat To Be Labeled As Such At The Point Of Final Purchase; To Prohibit The False Advertisement For The Sale, Solicitation, Offer To Sell Or Selling Of Meat, Meat Products Or Cell-cultured Meat Or Lab-grown Meat; To Prohibit Person Making The Advertisement From Engaging In Any Misleading Or Deceptive Practices; To Define Certain Terms; To Prescribe Penalties For Violations Of The Requirement To Label Meat Or Meat Products As Authentically Natural Meat Or Cell-cultured Meat Or Lab-grown Meat; To Exempt Licensed Retail Establishments With A Permanent Place Of Business Which Have An Inventory Of Grocery Products Other Than Meat, Meat Products Or Cell-cultured Meat Or Lab-grown Meat With A Wholesale Value In Excess Of $15,000.00 From The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Sections 69-1-303, 69-1-305, 69-1-307, 69-1-315 And 69-1-317, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 69-1-301, 69-1-309, 69-1-311, 69-1-313 And 69-1-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

Cell-cultured meat or lab-grown meat; require to be labeled as such at point of final purchase in retail establishments.

Rep. Dan Eubanks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-16	House	Referred To Agriculture

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0657.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0657IN.htm