SF 1188

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/11/2025 11:09 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; defining terms related to cell-cultured and insect products;
requiring food labels to identify products containing cell-cultured products or
insect protein; requiring restaurants to indicate if a menu item contains a
cell-cultured product or an insect protein; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 31.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [31.641] CELL-CULTURED PRODUCTS; INSECT PROTEIN.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.
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new text begin (b) "Cell-cultured product" means a food product intended for human consumption and
derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially replicating those cells in a growth medium
in a laboratory to produce tissue.
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new text begin (c) "Close proximity" means:
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new text begin (1) immediately before or after the name of the product;
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new text begin (2) in the line of the label immediately before or after the line containing the name of
the product; or
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new text begin (3) in the same phrase or sentence containing the name of the product.
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new text begin (d) "Insect product" means a food product intended for human consumption and derived
by combining processed insects with food additives to approximate the texture, flavor,
appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type
of egg, egg product, fish, meat, meat product, poultry, or poultry product.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Cell-cultured product labeling required. new text end

new text begin It is unlawful for any person to sell,
offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, a cell-cultured product at
wholesale or retail unless the product label bears, in prominent type equal to or greater in
size than the surrounding type and in close proximity to the name of the product, one of the
following:
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new text begin (1) "cell-cultured";
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new text begin (2) "lab-grown"; or
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new text begin (3) a similar qualifying term or disclaimer approved by the commissioner of agriculture
and intended to clearly communicate to a consumer the contents of the product.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Insect product labeling required. new text end

new text begin It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer
or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, an insect product at wholesale
or retail unless:
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new text begin (1) the product label bears, in prominent type equal to or greater in size than the
surrounding type and in close proximity to the name of the product, the term "insect protein"
or a similar qualifying term or disclaimer approved by the commissioner of agriculture and
intended to clearly communicate to a consumer that the product is an insect product; and
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new text begin (2) the ingredient list includes both the common and scientific name of each insect
incorporated in the insect product.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Grocery stores and other retailers. new text end

new text begin It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer
or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, a cell-cultured product or an
insect product at retail unless the product is labeled as required in subdivision 2 or 3.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Restaurants and similar establishments. new text end

new text begin It is unlawful for any person to sell,
offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, a cell-cultured product,
an insect product, a food containing a cell-cultured product, or a food containing an insect
product at a restaurant or other food service establishment unless the product is clearly and
prominently identified as such on the menu or bill of fare.
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