Nebraska Senator Barry DeKay is introducing a bill to keep lab-grown meat from being manufactured, distributed or sold in Nebraska. The bill would require cultivated food protein to be labeled adulterated food products.

DeKay said it is uncertain whether the manufactured meat protein is a substitute for natural meat sources. Until clear labeling discloses that cultured meat is not real meat, DeKay claimed that lab meats unfairly benefit from industry investments in marketing and production.

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen said the bill would help preserve and protect agriculture in the state.

Alabama, Arizona, Florida and Tennessee have considered legislation banning the manufacture, sale or distribution of cell-cultured meat. Florida and Alabama both passed the bills into law. It is now a Class C misdemeanor in Alabama to manufacture, sell or distribute food products produced from cultured animal cells. Florida was the first state to sign SB 1084 into law. At the time, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis noted the action would stop the World Economic Forum’s goal of forcing the world to eat lab-grown meat.

Read more about Nebraska’s efforts to ban cultured meat here.