Federal appellate panel upholds Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 494

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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A federal appeals court has upheld Florida’s 2024 first-in-the-nation ban on cultivated or lab-grown meat.

“Because Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat does not regulate Upside’s ingredients, premises, facilities, or operations, federal law does not preempt SB 1084,” wrote Circuit Judge Andrew Basher on Monday in his 33-page ruling upholding Florida’s ban made by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

The ruling comes after California’s Upside …

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