Sec. 4. Cell-cultured meat and poultry products
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Section 1 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 601 ) (as amended by section 3(a)(1)) is amended— in subsection (j), in the first sentence, by striking any product and inserting any product, including a cell-cultured meat product, ; and by adding at the end the following: The term cell-cultured meat product means any product capable of use as human food that— is made wholly or in part from any cell culture or the DNA of an amenable species; and is grown or cultivated outside of the live animal from which the cell culture or DNA was acquired. .
Section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 453 ) (as amended by section 3(a)(2)) is amended— in subsection (f), by striking any product and inserting any product, including a cell-cultured poultry product, ; and by adding at the end the following: The term cell-cultured poultry product means any product capable of use as human food that— is made wholly or in part from any cell culture or the DNA of a live bird; and is grown or cultivated outside of the live bird from which the cell culture or DNA was acquired. .
Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 607 ) (as amended by section 3(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: No cell-cultured meat product shall be sold or offered for sale in commerce by any person, firm, or corporation without clearly indicating in a prominent and conspicuous manner the words cell-cultured or lab-grown , in type of uniform size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name of the food on the label. . Section 8 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 457 ) (as amended by section 3(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
No cell-cultured poultry product shall be sold or offered for sale in commerce by any person, firm, or corporation without clearly indicating in a prominent and conspicuous manner the words cell-cultured or lab-grown , in type of uniform size and prominence, immediately adjacent to the name of the food on the label. . Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section prevents the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to activities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from— conducting premarket consultation processes to evaluate production materials and processes and manufacturing controls, including oversight of tissue collection, cell lines and banks, and all components and inputs; overseeing initial cell collection and the development and maintenance of qualified cell banks; overseeing proliferation and differentiation of cells up to the time of harvest; ensuring that the appropriate entities comply with applicable requirements of the Food and Drug Administration, including facility registration, the current good manufacturing practices and preventive controls regulation, and requirements applicable to substances that become a component of food or otherwise affect the characteristics of food; developing additional requirements for cell bank and cell culturing facility conditions and processes to ensure that biological material exiting the culture process is safe; or conducting appropriate inspections and follow-up activities, including taking enforcement action if necessary, to ensure that cell bank and cell culturing facilities are in compliance with applicable laws (including regulations).
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