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Upside Foods filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law and requested a preliminary injunction.

The lawsuit argues a new law against cultivated meat is unconstitutional and unfairly protects Florida cattle farmers from competition by out-of-state producers.

The new items include meat intended to be sliced at delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products. Two people have died and nearly three dozen have been sickened in 13 states.

The USDA says Boar's Head is recalling all its liverwurst and additional products that were produced on the same line and on the same day. The recall includes about 207,528 pounds of meat.

While a vegetarian diet has long been thought to have health benefits, we might just be at a point in our evolution where the negative health impacts of eating meat may outweigh the benefits.

Florida, Alabama and Iowa have already enacted restrictions. Backers say they want to protect farmers and consumers. But those within the industry say their products must meet rigorous government safety tests.

DeSantis said the law will protect the state’s cattle industry against “an ideological agenda that wants to finger agriculture as the problem.”

Federal agencies have deemed lab-grown, or cultivated, meat safe to eat. But the legislation, supported by the state’s agriculture industry, “pumps the brakes” on the food to ensure it is safe.

The part of the bill that has drawn the most attention is a ban on the sale and manufacture of cultivated meat, with sponsor Sen. Jay Collins noting that for now “there’s no guarantee of safety for the consumer."

Federal agencies have deemed lab-grown, or cultivated, meat safe to eat. But the legislation, supported by the state’s agriculture industry, “pumps the brakes” on the food to ensure it is safe.