REAL Meats Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5832 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5832

To establish consumer certainty regarding fake meat and milk products, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2025

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. 
  Nehls, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Ellzey) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish consumer certainty regarding fake meat and milk products, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Requiring Ethical and Accurate 
Labeling of Lab-grown Meats Act'' or the ``REAL Meats Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT REGARDING 
              FAKE MEAT.

    Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
343) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(z)(1) If it is a cell-cultured product or an analogue product 
and its label does not bear immediately before the name of the product 
a qualifying term or disclaimer that clearly communicates to a consumer 
the contents and nature of the product, such as the terms `cell-
cultured', `lab-grown', `analogue', `meatless', `plant-based', `made 
from plants', or other similar terms.
    ``(2) If it is a cell-cultured product or an analogue product that 
uses in the product name the term `chicken', `turkey', `beef', or 
`pork' or that of another species or kind of animal processed for food 
subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, and its label does not bear immediately before the name 
of the product the term `cell-cultured', `lab-grown', `analogue', or 
`imitation'.
    ``(3) For purposes of this paragraph:
            ``(A) The term `analogue product' means any food product 
        derived by combining processed plants, insects, or fungus with 
        additives to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or 
        other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of 
        any specific type of meat, meat food product, poultry, or 
        poultry product and that does not contain meat or poultry at 
        levels that would trigger inspection under the Federal Meat 
        Inspection Act and Poultry Products Inspection Act.
            ``(B) The term `cell-cultured product' means food product 
        derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially replicating 
        those cells in a growth medium in a laboratory to produce 
        tissue.
            ``(C) The term `meat' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 301.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
        successor regulations).
            ``(D) The term `meat food product' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 1(j) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act.
            ``(E) The term `poultry' and `poultry product' have the 
        meanings given the terms in section 4 of the Poultry Products 
        Inspection Act, except that such terms do not include a product 
        that is exempted from the definition of poultry product under 
        section 381.15 of title 9 Code of Federal Regulations (or 
        successor regulations).''.
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