SF 2391: Prohibiting the misbranding of certain food products, and providing penalties

What it does

GENERAL. This bill prohibits the purchase and sale of certain food products that are manufactured to resemble meat products but that are not derived from the processing (slaughter) of domesticated agricultural food animals, specifically cattle and bison, goats, sheep and lambs, swine, chickens, and turkeys. A manufactured-protein food product is formulated as a cultivated-protein food product, or either an insect-protein food product or plant-protein food product. In all three cases, the food product has one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue originating from a species of food animal but that, in lieu of being derived from slaughter, is derived from manufacturing cells grown in vitro, meaning outside the food animal’s body, or that is derived from manufacturing parts of insects or plants (new Code chapter 137E).

House subcommittee · named February 28, 2024

• Rep. Heather Hora (R) · heather.hora@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Monica Kurth (D) · monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Michael V. Sexton (R)

Lobbying · 4 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa Soybean Association

Against: Plant Based Foods Association

In plain words

1. February 19, 2024Filed in the Senate
2. February 19, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
3. February 26, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
4. February 27, 2024Passed the Senate, 49–0
5. February 27, 2024Arrived in the House
6. February 28, 2024House subcommittee named: Hora, Judge and Sexton
7. February 28, 2024House subcommittee named: Hora, Kurth and Sexton
8. March 6, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
9. March 12, 2024Approved by the House committee
10. April 3, 2024Passed the House, 60–34
11. April 10, 2024Passed the Senate, 33–12
12. April 29, 2024Sent to the Governor
13. May 14, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
14. May 15, 2024Signed into law