School Lunch Integrity Act of 2024

The School Lunch Integrity Act of 2024 prohibits the use of cell-cultivated meat (often called lab-grown meat) in federally funded school lunch and breakfast programs. It directly affects all public and private schools participating in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program under federal law. The bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to add explicit language banning cell-cultivated meat in meals served through these programs. This is a straightforward policy change requiring schools to exclude such meat from meals provided to students under federal nutrition programs.