UPSIDE FOODS INC v. SIMPSON et al

  1. May 12, 2026

    Fla. Lab-Grown Meat Ban Lacks Legal Basis, Producer Says

    A California producer of lab-grown chicken has asked a Florida federal judge to rule that the state's regulation against its product is unlawful, arguing a total ban on cultivated meat has no basis in public health and amounts to "economic protectionism" in violation of the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause. 

  2. April 25, 2025

    Trimmed Challenge To Fla. Lab-Grown Meat Ban Moves Ahead

    A Florida federal judge Friday largely disposed of a food technology company's lawsuit challenging the state's law that bans cultivated, or lab-grown, meat products but kept alive a claim that the law is unconstitutional because it violates the company's right to sell its products through interstate commerce.

  3. August 14, 2024

    Suit Says Florida Lab-Grown Meat Ban Is 'Unconstitutional'

    A California business is suing Florida over a law that bans cultivated meat, alleging in a federal complaint that the Sunshine State's prohibition is unconstitutional because it violates the company's right to sell its products through interstate commerce.