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LAWMAKERS in America’s biggest cattle producing State approved a bill overnight that will ban plant-based food products and foods that do not contain meat from animals from using the terms “meat” or “beef” to describe the food on labels.
The Texas Meat and Imitation Food Act bill is designed to codify “meat” as derived solely from carcases of cows, chickens or other livestock, with no “lab-grown, cell cultured, insect or plant-based food products” included.
The law is intended to prohibit companies from misleading consumers by blocking the words “meat,” “beef,” “chicken,” “pork” or any “common variation” of them from being used on packaging, even if only to claim similar textures, flavors or cooking methods, unless the official definitions are met, according to the Dallas Morning News.
The bill will also keep companies that produce food from insects, plants or cell cultures, not slaughtered animals, from using the label “meat,” “pork,” “poultry” or “beef.”
It wouldn’t prevent the use of “burger” or other non-specific terms.
“This is for those who choose to eat meat, but it’s also for those who choose to not eat meat,” said Texas state Rep. Brad Buckley (R), who also introduced the bill, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The Texas bill was supported by agriculture groups including the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Texas Poultry Federation, Texas Pork Producers Association and other livestock companies.
Read full article here:
https://www.beefcentral.com/news/te...at-and-beef-from-labels-of-plant-based-foods/
Serves them veggie rabbit people right.
They lying to the people and the people have had enough. Take them damn veggies and shove em.
Bonus for Sherdog,
yall know what that emote is called?
The Texas Meat and Imitation Food Act bill is designed to codify “meat” as derived solely from carcases of cows, chickens or other livestock, with no “lab-grown, cell cultured, insect or plant-based food products” included.
The law is intended to prohibit companies from misleading consumers by blocking the words “meat,” “beef,” “chicken,” “pork” or any “common variation” of them from being used on packaging, even if only to claim similar textures, flavors or cooking methods, unless the official definitions are met, according to the Dallas Morning News.
The bill will also keep companies that produce food from insects, plants or cell cultures, not slaughtered animals, from using the label “meat,” “pork,” “poultry” or “beef.”
It wouldn’t prevent the use of “burger” or other non-specific terms.
“This is for those who choose to eat meat, but it’s also for those who choose to not eat meat,” said Texas state Rep. Brad Buckley (R), who also introduced the bill, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The Texas bill was supported by agriculture groups including the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Texas Poultry Federation, Texas Pork Producers Association and other livestock companies.
Read full article here:
https://www.beefcentral.com/news/te...at-and-beef-from-labels-of-plant-based-foods/
Serves them veggie rabbit people right.
They lying to the people and the people have had enough. Take them damn veggies and shove em.
Bonus for Sherdog,
yall know what that emote is called?
