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SB1318 • 2026

Regulates the use of cell-cultivated protein for human consumption

Regulates the use of cell-cultivated protein for human consumption

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Carter, Jill; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Regulates the use of cell-cultivated protein for human consumption

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1318 - Under this act, the sale or offering for sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption, or any product containing such, shall be prohibited within this state.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1318 - Under this act, the sale or offering for sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption, or any product containing such, shall be prohibited within this state.
  • "Cell-cultured protein" shall include any food product derived from harvesting animal cells and artificially replicating those cells in a growth medium to produce tissue.
  • SARAH HASKINS

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 S242

    Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

  2. 2026-01-07 S81

    S First Read

  3. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

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Introduced

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SB 1318 - Under this act, the sale or offering for sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption, or any product containing such, shall be prohibited within this state. "Cell-cultured protein" shall include any food product derived from harvesting animal cells and artificially replicating those cells in a growth medium to produce tissue.
SARAH HASKINS

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1318
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CARTER.
4241S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 196.015, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to cell -
cultured protein.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 196.015, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 196.015, 2
to read as follows:3
196.015. The following acts and the causing thereof 1
within the state of Missouri are hereby prohibited: 2
(1) The manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding or 3
offering for sale of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic 4
that is adulterated or misbranded; 5
(2) The adulteration or misbranding of any food, drug, 6
device, or cosmetic; 7
(3) The receipt in commerce of any food, drug, device, 8
or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded, and the 9
delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or otherwise; 10
(4) The sale, delivery for sale, holding for sale, or 11
offering for sale of any article in violation of section 12
196.080 or 196.105; 13
(5) The dissemination of any false advertisement; 14
(6) The refusal to permit entry or inspection, or to 15
permit the taking of a sample, as authorized by section 16
196.055; 17
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(7) The giving of a guaranty or undertaking referred 18
to in subsection 2 of section [196.025(2)] 196.025, which 19
guaranty or undertaking is false; except by a person who 20
relied on a guaranty or undertaking to the same effect 21
signed by, and containing the name and address of the person 22
residing in the state of Missouri or in the United States, 23
from whom he received in good faith the food, drug, device, 24
or cosmetic; 25
(8) The removal or disposal of a detained or embargoed 26
article in violation of section 196.030; 27
(9) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, 28
obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the 29
labeling of, or the doing of any other act with respect to a 30
food, drug, device, or cosmetic, if such act is done while 31
such article is held for sale and results in such article 32
being misbranded; 33
(10) Forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or falsely 34
representing, or without proper authority using any mark, 35
stamp, tag, label, or other identification device authorized 36
or required by regulations promulgated under the provisions 37
of sections 196.010 to 196.120; 38
(11) The using, on the labeling of any drug or in any 39
advertising relating to such drug, of any representation or 40
suggestion that an application with respect to such drug is 41
effective under section 196.105, or that such drug complies 42
with the provisions of such section; 43
(12) The using by any person to his own advantage, or 44
revealing, other than to the department, or to the courts 45
when relevant in any judicial proceeding under sections 46
196.010 to 196.120, any information acquired under authority 47
of sections 196.055, 196.080, or 196.105 concerning any 48
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method or process which as a trade secret is entitled to 49
protection; and 50
(13) The sale or offering for sale of cell-cultured 51
protein for human consumption, or any product containing 52
such, within this state. "Cell-cultured protein" shall 53
include any food product derived from harvesting animal 54
cells and artificially replicating those cells in a growth 55
medium to produce tissue. 56
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