West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB4462: Prohibition on cell-cultured products
Status: Passed one chamber, February 13, 2026
What the bill says
To amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by adding a new section, designated §19-2B-10a; and to amend and reenact §19-39-1 and §19-2B-2, all relating to banning the sale of cell-cultured products for human consumption; removing definitions and labeling requirements; and correcting numbering. ARTICLE 2B. INSPECTION OF MEAT AND POULTRY. §19-2B-10a. Prohibition on cell-cultured products. (a) "Cell-cultured product" means a food product derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially or chemically replicating those cells in a growth medium in a laboratory to produce tissue t.
From the introduced text, January 16, 2026:
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by adding a new section, designated §19-2B-10a; and to amend and reenact §19-39-1 and §19-2B-2, all relating to banning the sale of cell-cultured products for human consumption; removing definitions and labeling requirements; and correcting numbering. ARTICLE 2B. INSPECTION OF MEAT AND POULTRY. §19-2B-10a. Prohibition on cell-cultured products. (a) "Cell-cultured product" means a food product derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially or chemically replicating those cells in a growth medium in a laboratory to produce tissue to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type of egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat food product, poultry, or poultry product. (b) A person may not offer for sale or sell a cell-cultured product for human consumption. ARTICLE 39. TRUTH IN FOOD PRODUCT LABELING ACT. §19-39-1. Definitions. For purposes of this article: (1) "Analogue product" means a food product derived by combining processed plant products, insects, or fungus with food additives to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type of egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat food product, poultry, or poultry product. (2) "Cell-cultured product" means a food product derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially or chemically …