HB 134

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.”"