H.R. 5832

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5832 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5832 To establish consumer certainty regarding fake meat and milk products, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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).''. <all>