Wisconsin Senate Bill 83 would prohibit the labeling of any product “any type of milk” unless it is milk from a cow or “hooved or camelid mammal” or a product defined as milk under federal law.
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Wisconsin Considers Limitation on Use of Term “Dairy”
Wisconsin Senate Bill 81 would prohibit labeling of any product as “a type of dairy product” unless the product is made from cow or “hooved or camelid mammal” milk or a product defined as milk under federal law.
Wisconsin Considers Limitation on Use of Term “Meat”
Wisconsin Senate Bill 82 would prohibit the labeling of any product as “meat, or a similar term unless the food product is derived from an edible part of the flesh of an animal or any part of an insect . . . and does not include cultured animal tissue that is produced from animal cell cultures.”
Kansas Considers Meat Labeling Legislation
Kansas House Bill 2204 would declare a “meat analog” misbranded if its labeling utilizes a meat term and does not include a disclaimer of the same font, style, and size that says “this product does not contain meat,” “meatless,” or “meat-free.”
Singapore Approves Cultured Meat for Sale
Singapore has approved for sale a chicken product made from cell cultures, the first such approval in the world.
Review of Consumer Acceptance for Meat Alternatives
A new article, “A Systematic Review on Consumer Acceptance of Alternative Proteins: Pulses, Algae, Insects, Plant-based Meat Alternatives, and Cultured Meat” by M.C. Onwezen, E.P. Bouwman, M.J. Reinders, and H. Dagevos has been published in Appetite and reviews consumer acceptance for a number of meat alternatives.
Texas Bill Would Restrict Labeling of Cellular Agriculture
Texas House Bill 316 would ban labeling or advertising any products that are plant-based or produced by cellular agriculture as “meat,” “beef,” “chicken,” “pork,” or other common variations.
GFI and ALDF Challenge Louisiana Labeling Law
The Good Food Institute and the Animal Legal Defense Fund have filed suit under the First Amendment challenging a Louisiana law that imposes fines for alternative protein products labels with terms usually associated with meat, such as “burger” or “sausage.”
FDA Seeks Input on Cultured Seafood Products
The Food and Drug Administration is seeking input on the labeling of food containing cultured seafood cells. The agency is accepting comments until March 8, 2021.
New Report on Labeling of Plant-Based Foods
A new report from the World Resources Institute analyzes the kind of language to use and to avoid in order to make plant-based foods appealing to more consumers.