COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) — Texas has banned the sale of lab-grown meat, drawing praise from traditional barbecue establishments but raising constitutional concerns from legal experts who argue the law unfairly protects the cattle industry from competition.

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Senate Bill 261 prohibits the sale of cell-cultured protein — commonly known as lab-grown meat — for human consumption in Texas. The law will remain in effect for at least the next two years.

Chad Wootan, owner of Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que in College Station, supports the ban. Cooper's has operated since 1962 and opened its College Station location in 2019.

"Natural beef, pork, chicken, all that works for us. I mean, it's w

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