ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff
	House: LARA DP 5-3-0-0

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HB 2762: food products; labeling; cultivated cells

Sponsor: Representative Nguyen, LD 1

Caucus & COW

Overview

Requires the manufacturer, seller or retailer of a food product that is derived from cultivated cells to place a disclaimer on the food product's packaging.

History

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describes human food made with cultured animal cells as food produced by taking a small number of cells from living animals and grow(ing) them in a controlled environment.

In 2019, the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) established a formal agreement on how the agencies would use regulatory tools to help ensure that foods comprising or containing cultured animal cells entering the U.S. market are safe and properly labeled.

FSIS lists a four-step process for the cultivation of animal cells for use in human food:

1) scientists start with a sample of cells from the tissue of an animal or fish and some of the cells are selected, screened and grown to make a bank of cells for later use;

2) to make food, a small number of cells are taken from the bank and placed in a controlled environment that supports growth and cellular multiplication by supplying appropriate nutrients and other factors;

3) after the cells have multiplied by the billions or trillions, additional growth factors and surfaces for cellular attachment are introduced to the controlled environment to enable the cells to differentiate into separate cell types and assume characteristics of muscle, fat or connective tissue cells; and

4) once cells have differentiated into the desired type, the cellular material can be harvested from the controlled environment and prepared using conventional food processing and packaging methods (FSIS, Cultured Animal Cells).    

Provisions

1. Requires that the manufacturer, seller or retailer of a food product derived from cultivated cells place a label on the food product's packaging that states this food product is derived from cultivated cells. (Sec. 1)

2. Cites this legislation as the Andy Groseta Act. (Sec. 1)

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