MIAMI.- Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, signed bill SB 1084 that prohibits the sale of laboratory-grown meat in the state, a rule that attempts to counteract consumer policies promoted by the International Economic Forum, according to the president. .
“Today Florida is fighting the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a Petri dish or insects to achieve its authoritarian goals,” DeSantis said Wednesday before signing the law in Hardee County, located in the center of the peninsula.
The new standard defines cultured meat as any meat or food product produced from animal cells grown in a laboratory.
“Our administration will continue to focus its efforts on investing in our local farmers and ranchers to save our meat,” said the president.
According to Wilson Simpson, state Agriculture Commissioner, “By signing this bill, Florida is taking a tremendous step in the right direction. “We must protect our incredible farmers and the integrity of American agriculture.”
The legal project SB 1084, in addition to prohibiting the manufacture for sale of meat grown in laboratories, prohibits any type of marketing, sale, possession, offer or distribution of these projects.
The person or food establishment that manufactures, distributes or sells cultured meat will be considered a violation of Florida law.
In addition to other legal sanctions, “the license of the restaurant, store or business that sells, transports or stores cultured meat may be suspended.”
According to David Kaplan, director of the Center for Cellular Agriculture at Tufts University, USA, cultured meat consists of taking cells from animals that normally produce meat for human consumption and using those cells as an energy source to grow meat outside. of the animal. That is, it is creating meat, eliminating the animal from the equation.
In this context, in order to promote the growth of one of Florida’s leading agricultural counties, Governor DeSantis awarded $6 million to Hardee County through the Job Growth Grant Fund.
The funds will help develop an industrial zone in Hardee County and build a 40,000-square-foot warehouse to encourage new businesses to move to the area.
This warehouse will also provide additional space for current businesses located in the area.
The investment is estimated to create nearly 200 jobs and help attract additional high-demand, high-wage jobs to Hardee County.
Since 2019, Florida has invested more than $195 million through the Workforce Growth Grant Fund to strengthen infrastructure and workforce training programs that create opportunities for Floridians.
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