Lab-grown meat could still be a long way from widespread availability when SD’s new ban expires

By: Meghan O'Brien

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: April 29, 2026

Words: 1,354

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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South Dakota’s new five-year ban on cell-cultured protein targets a product whose path to mass market availability is operating on “generational-level timescales,” according to a scientist dedicated to the topic.

Elliot Swartz works for the Good Food Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that describes itself as working to …

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