90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
HF 2376: Prohibiting the use of a synthetic biological process to manufacture a food product, and providing penalties
Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill creates the criminal offense “manufacture of a synthetic food product”. A person commits the offense by intentionally manufacturing a synthetic food product for sale to the public or intentionally acting with, entering into a common scheme or design with, or conspiring with one or more other persons to manufacture a synthetic food product for sale to the public. A synthetic food product is a version of an animal or plant part manufactured at the molecular level, if the animal or plant part could not have been produced in the same manner in a noncontrolled environment or by using historical agricultural or horticultural practices.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against
Against: Kemin Industries
In plain words
- February 8, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Agriculture committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2376