I 
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 Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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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 na-
ture 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’, ‘ana-
logue’, 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 quali-
ties or the chemical characteristics of any specific 
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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 me-
dium 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 Fed-
eral 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 exempt-
ed from the definition of poultry product under sec-
tion 381.15 of title 9 Code of Federal Regulations 
(or successor regulations).’’. 
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