Missouri Meatless Meat Statute Update
By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/21
We have blogged about Missouri’s meatless meat statute, most recently on June 4, 2020. The statute purports to prohibit producers of plant- or lab-based “meat” from describing their products as such – e.g., bacon, burgers, or hot dogs. Shortly after the statute took effect, the Missouri Department of Agriculture issued an interpretive bulletin asserting that the statute did not bar the use of these words, so long as there was clear disclosure about the true origin of the product......
By: Husch Blackwell LLP