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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2762

food products; labeling; cultivated cells

Purpose

Prescribes the labeling requirements for a food product that is derived from cultivated cells.

Background

The Department of Health Services (DHS) is responsible for administrating public health support services, which include at a minimum: 1) consumer health protection programs, that include at least the functions of community water supplies, general sanitation, vector control and food and drugs; 2) epidemiology and disease control programs; 3) laboratory services programs; 4) health education and training programs; and 5) the disposition of human bodies programs (A.R.S. § 36-104).

A food is misbranded if: 1) its labeling is false or misleading; 2) it is offered for sale under the name of another food with or without other descriptive words, or under any name which is likely to be misleading; 3) its container is made, formed or filled to be misleading; 4) it is in package form unless it bears a label containing prescribed information relating to weight and measures of the content and the manufacturer's name and business location; 5) any word, statement or other information required by or under the authority of the statutes relating to food misbranding does not appear on the outside container or wrapper, if any, of the retail package of the food, or is not easily legible through the outside container or wrapper; 6) it is not a food, unless it bears labeling clearly stating the common or usual name of the food, if any, and if made from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each ingredient; or 7) other statutorily prescribed conditions exist (A.R.S. § 36-906).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1. Requires the manufacturer, packager or retailer of a food product that is derived from cultivated cells to place a label on the food product's packaging that states cell-cultivated or cell-cultured.

2. Designates this legislation as the Andy Groseta Act.

3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.

House Action

LARA             1/26/26      DP       5-3-0-0

3^rd Read          2/24/26                  52-3-5

Prepared by Senate Research

March 13, 2026

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