A State-Level Ban in the Lone Star State
In a move sending ripples through the food-tech industry, Texas has enacted a law banning the sale of cell-cultured meat within its borders. Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 261 on June 25, 2025, making Texas the seventh state to prohibit these so-called “lab-grown” or cultivated protein products. The ban, effective September 1, 2025, halts any offering for sale of cell-cultured meat in Texas until at least 2027. Proponents – including the powerful Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association – laud the move as protecting consumers and the traditional beef industry from an unproven,
