Bill Summary for H 134 ( (2025-2026)

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Mar 11 2025

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 134 (Public) Filed Monday, February 17, 2025
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE MISBRANDING OF CERTAIN FOOD PRODUCTS.
Intro. by Dixon.

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House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Removes defined proposed new terms insect-protein food product, manufactured-protein food product, and plant-protein food product from GS 106-549.15 and GS 106-549.51. Modifies definition of qualifying term in those statutes to now mean a word, compound word, or phrase that would clearly disclose to a reasonable purchaser of meat food products that a food product is a cell-cultured meat product; this includes the following terms: "cell-cultured," "fake," "lab-grown," or "grown in a lab" (was, a word, compound word, or phrase that would clearly disclose to a reasonable purchaser of meat products that a food product is not a meat product; included the terms "cell-cultured," "fake," "grown in a lab," "insect," "insect-based," "insect-protein," “lab-created," "lab-grown," "meat free," "meatless," "plant," "plant-based," "vegan," "vegetable," "vegetarian," or "veggie.") Replaces references to “manufactured-protein food products” in GS 106-549.28A (labeling of manufactured-protein food products) and GS 106-549.55 (labeling standards), including in statutes’ titles, to “cell-cultured food products.”