food products; labeling; cultivated cells

Plain English Breakdown

The official source states the bill becomes effective on the 'general effective date' without providing a specific calendar day, though it was signed by the Governor on June 19, 2026.

HB2762: Labeling Rules for Cell-Cultivated Food

This law requires food products made from cultivated cells to have a label stating 'cell-cultivated' or 'cell-cultured'.

What This Bill Does

• Requires manufacturers, packagers, or retailers of cell-derived foods to place specific labels on packaging.
• Mandates that the label must state either 'cell-cultivated' or 'cell-cultured'.
• Adds a new section (36-917) to Arizona Revised Statutes regarding pure food control.
• Designates this legislation as the Andy Groseta Act.

Who It Names or Affects

• Manufacturers of food products derived from cultivated cells
• Packagers of food products derived from cultivated cells
• Retailers selling food products derived from cultivated cells

Terms To Know

Cultivated cells

Cells used to grow or create a food product, as described in the bill title.

Andy Groseta Act

The official short name given to this law by Section 2 of the text.

Limits and Unknowns

• The source states the bill becomes effective on the general effective date but does not specify a calendar date.
• The summary notes no anticipated fiscal impact on the state General Fund, but it does not detail costs for businesses.
• The text defines what must be labeled but does not list specific penalties for failing to follow these rules.

Official Summary Text

HB2762 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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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

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Current Bill Text

Chapter 0204 - 572R - H Ver of HB2762

House Engrossed

food products;
labeling; cultivated cells

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

CHAPTER 204

HOUSE BILL 2762

AN
ACT

Amending title 36, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-917; relating to pure food
control.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 8, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-917, to read:

START_STATUTE
36-917.

Food products derived from cultivated cells; labeling

The manufacturer, packager or retailer of a food
product that is derived from cultivated cells shall place a label on the food
product's packaging that states:�
"cell-cultivated"
or "cell-cultured".
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Short title

This act may be cited as the
"Andy Groseta Act".

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 19, 2026.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 22, 2026.