DeSantis wants to ban 'fake meat.' The world is watching.

[Sancho]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2024/02/10/desantis-lab-grown-meat-china-venture-capital/

China Weekly, a Chinese language publication, mentioned a Florida bill that would ban the sale and manufacturing of cultivated meat, also sometimes referred to as lab-grown meat.

The Chinese government is investing heavily in the technology behind cultivated meat, the publication noted, according to a translation provided by University of Florida Assistant Professor Stephan Kory, who studies the language.

The cultivated meat issue could put Florida’s Republican leaders in an awkward position. As a candidate for president, Gov. Ron DeSantis ran on making American food production more competitive.

But DeSantis seems to be supporting the ban on cultivated meat, which he referred to last week as “fake meat” — a position that could cause American companies to fall behind worldwide competitors in a key area of food science.

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[Mysterian]

1. So much freedom

WTF is wrong with these fascist assholes?

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Ironic, no? I assume polling indicates that liberals are bigger consumers of cultivated meats.

So, of course, the product has to be banned. God, these people are so stupid.