SF 239

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/18/2026 09:13 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; defining cell-cultured food; requiring food labels to identify
a product containing cell-cultured food; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
31.01, by adding a subdivision; 31.12; 31.633; 34A.01, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 31.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 33. new text end

new text begin Cell-cultured food. new text end

new text begin "Cell-cultured food" has the meaning given in section
34A.01, subdivision 1a.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 31.12, is amended to read:

31.12 LABELING.

new text begin (a) new text end For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the manufacture, use, sale, and
transportation of food, or for the purpose of protecting and preserving the public health, it
shall be the duty of the commissioner, by rulings not inconsistent with law, to require that
any article of food, or the package, receptacle, or container thereof, before it be sold,
transported, used, offered for sale or transportation, or had in possession with intent to use,
sell or transport within this state, shall be labeled, stamped, stenciled, marked, or branded
in such manner as to plainly exhibit to the purchaser any or all of the following data or
information: The percentages and true composition of such food article, its quality, strength,
quantity, source of its manufacture or production or the person by or for whom the same is
manufactured, produced, packed, or shipped. The commissioner shall also have authority
to prescribe by such rulings the date on which the same shall take effect and be in force,
and also the form, size, style, and wording of, and the place, time, method, means and
manner of use of all such labels, stamps, stencils, brands, and markings, which rulings shall
be made in the manner provided by law. Until such rulings are made and in effect the rulings
heretofore made by the commissioner shall remain in full force and effect, except as otherwise
prescribed by law. Any person who shall fail to comply with such ruling or rulings shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.

new text begin (b) If a product contains cell-cultured food, a statement must be labeled, stamped,
stenciled, marked, or branded in such a manner as to plainly exhibit to the purchaser on the
package that the food contains cell-cultured food.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 31.633, is amended to read:

31.633 MEAT OR POULTRY SUBSTITUTES; INDICATION ON MENU deleted text begin ;
PENALTIES deleted text end .

Subdivision 1.

deleted text begin Menu requirement deleted text end new text begin Meat or poultry substitutes new text end .

Any restaurant, eating
place, or other establishment serving meat or poultry in any form to the public that has any
filler or meat or poultry substitute added to it or incorporated in it, shall clearly and
prominently indicate on its menu or bill of fare the meat entrees that contain filler or meat
or poultry substitutes.

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Cell-cultured food. new text end

new text begin Any restaurant, eating place, or other establishment serving
cell-cultured food to the public must clearly and prominently indicate on its menu or bill
of fare the menu items that contain cell-cultured food.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 34A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin Cell-cultured food. new text end

new text begin "Cell-cultured food" means a food grown from animal
or plant cells in a controlled environment.
new text end