Texas House approves bill to ban plant-based foods from using ‘meat’ on labels

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The Texas House approved a bill Monday that would prohibit plant-based foods from using “meat” or “beef” on labels because it could be misleading to some consumers.

South Dakota passed a similar bill in 2019 that was an effort to protect the state’s livestock industry and effectively allows the term “meat” to be used only for protein harvested from animal carcasses.

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