Upside Foods sues Florida over its ban on cultivated meat

Upside Foods/Cultivated chicken

Upside Foods and the Institute for Justice sued in federal court in Northern Florida challenging SB 1084, Florida's law banning the manufacture and sale of cultivated meat. The lawsuit argues the ban violates the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause and Supremacy Clause by acting as protectionist legislation, since the FDA and USDA have already approved cultivated meat as safe for national sale.

• Lawsuit filed August 13, 2024 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
• Challenges SB 1084 signed by DeSantis in May 2024; ban took effect July 1, 2024
• Constitutional claims: violates Commerce Clause and Supremacy Clause through protectionist measures against interstate commerce
• FDA and USDA both approved cultivated meat as safe; Upside is one of only two federally approved producers