F*deral J*dge R*les On R*quest To Bl*ck Fl*rida L*b-Grown M*at Ban

A federal judge rejected a request by a California-based company for a preliminary injunction against a Florida law banning lab-grown meat.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation making it a second-degree misdemeanor to produce or sell lab-grown meat in the Sunshine State.

UPSIDE Foods, which manufactures cultivated chicken, filed a