West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia SB932: Specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §16-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adulterated foods; and specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods. article 7. pure food and drugs. §16-7-2. What constitutes adulteration. Any drug or article of food shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this article: for the purpose of this article: (a) In the case of (2) If, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia official at the time, but which is found in some other pharmacopoeia or other standard work of materia medic.
From the introduced text, February 12, 2026:
A BILL to amend and reenact §16-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adulterated foods; and specifying that cultivated meat products are adulterated foods. article 7. pure food and drugs. §16-7-2. What constitutes adulteration. Any drug or article of food shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this article: for the purpose of this article: (a) In the case of (2) If, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia official at the time, but which is found in some other pharmacopoeia or other standard work of materia medica, it differs materially from the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid down in such work; (3) If its strength, quality, or purity falls below the professed standard under which it is sold; (4) If it be an imitation of, or offered for sale under the name of, another article; or (5) If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if the package fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indicia, chloral hydrate, acetanilide, or any …
Sponsors
- Hart, Craig A. (R, 06) · primary sponsor