Food matters., the official text

First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)

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  HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1425

   AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning agriculture and
animals.

   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

   SECTION 1. IC 15-17-2-22.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 22.5. "Cultivated meat product"
means animal protein grown in a facility from extracted animal
stem cells and arranged in a similar structure as animal tissues to
replicate the sensory and nutritional profiles of meat products.

   SECTION 2. IC 15-17-2-83, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2008,
SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 83. (a) "Person" means any individual, trustee,
receiver, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, and any
other firm, organization, association, cooperative, or group of
individuals or persons.

   (b) "Person", for purposes of IC 15-17-5-6.1 and IC 15-17-5-6.5,
means any individual, trustee, receiver, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, official establishment (as defined
in section 72 of this chapter), and any other firm, organization,
association, cooperative, or group of individuals or persons.

   SECTION 3. IC 15-17-5-6.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2025]: Sec. 6.1. (a) A person shall not:

      (1) sell;

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      (2) offer for sale; or
      (3) manufacture;
a cultivated meat product in Indiana during the period beginning
July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
   (b) The board may:
      (1) take any enforcement action authorized under this chapter
      for violations of this section; or
      (2) impose a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand
      dollars ($10,000) on a person that violates this section.
Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the
state general fund.
   (c) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
   (d) After notice and hearing in compliance with IC 4-21.5, the
board may seek a court order to enjoin a person from selling,
offering for sale, or manufacturing cultivated meat products if the
person repeatedly and persistently fails to comply with this section.
   (e) This section expires July 1, 2027.
   SECTION 4. IC 15-17-5-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2027]: Sec. 6.5. (a) A person that labels meat products shall not
misbrand a cultivated meat product.
   (b) A cultivated meat product is misbranded if the cultivated
meat product is:
      (1) advertised;
      (2) labeled; or
      (3) offered for sale or sold;
in a manner that does not clearly indicate that it is a cultivated
meat product or not in accordance with rules adopted by the
board.
   (c) The board shall investigate complaints that a person:
      (1) offered for sale; or
      (2) sold;
a misbranded cultivated meat product.
   (d) A person shall include the phrase "THIS IS AN
IMITATION MEAT PRODUCT" on the package containing a
cultivated meat product.
   (e) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out its
responsibilities under this section.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Governor of the State of Indiana

Date:                             Time:

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