Texas has officially outlawed the sale of lab-grown meat in stores and restaurants, becoming the seventh state to enact such a ban since the federal government authorized the products in 2023.

The ban has been hailed by the state's traditional meat and livestock industries.

"This ban is a massive win for Texas ranchers, producers and consumers," state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement. "Texans have a God-given right to know what’s on their plate, and for millions of Texans, it better come from a pasture, not a lab."

"It’s plain cowboy logic that we must safeguard our real, authentic meat industry from synthetic alternatives," he added.

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature overwhelmingly voted in June to block the sale of the novel meat products, which are g

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