Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation last week that prohibits the manufacture for sale or distribution, or selling of, cultivated or so-called or \“lab-grown\” meat in Florida. Now that it’s law, SB 1084 makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture cultivated meat in the state. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved lab-grown meat cultivation in June of last year, it’s far from hitting the grocery store shelves or restaurant plates. To get some context on this new food science industry, and why Florida is already banning it, we talk with Dr. Jennifer Martin, she’s an meat science and safety expert at Colorado State University.