Effort to ban lab-grown meat — and maybe crab rangoon — underway in WV House

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 542

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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There’s a legislative effort to outlaw lab-grown meat in West Virginia.

The House of Delegates is set to consider a Republican-backed measure, House Bill 4462, that would ban the manufacturing and sale of cell-cultured food products in West Virginia.

Lead bill sponsor Del. Scot Heckert, R-Wood, told lawmakers that there’s “a concern of what it’s going to do to the human body.”

A cell-cultured product is a food product derived by harvesting animal …

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