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Legislation seeks to ensure fair labels on ‘imitation’ meat

Meat industry groups this week applauded Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., and Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illi., for introducing the bipartisan Fair and Accurate Ingredient Representation on Labels Act of 2024 (FAIR Labels Act), which aims to boost transparency and clarify labeling requirements for plant-based and cell-cultured alternative meat products.

The FAIR Labels Act would require alternative meat products be labeled as “imitation,” to clearly differentiate between real meat and plant-based or alternative…

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