Missouri Clarifies Restrictions On Labeling Plant-Based Or Lab-Grown Meats

August 31, 2018: 12:00 AM EST

Missouri lawmakers last spring passed a law stating that plant-based and lab-grown meat products cannot be labeled as meat. But on August 30 the state agriculture department issued a reprieve for companies marketing such products, saying they would have until January 1 to comply with the labeling requirements under the law, which took effect on August 28. The law states that products labeled as meat must be derived from an actual cow, chicken, turkey or some other animal with two or four feet. The agriculture department’s advisory said companies would not be prosecuted if labels prominently use words like "plant-based," "veggie," "lab-grown," or "lab-created" near the product name, or if it states the product is "made from plants" or "grown in a lab."[Image Credit: © Impossible Foods Inc.]

"Missouri ag officials offering `fake meat' companies a reprieve on labeling", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri), August 31, 2018, © STLtoday.com

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