A new Missouri law has got beef with lab-grown ‘meat’
By Jenny Gregorcyk • August 30, 2018
Under Missouri law, food producers are now prohibited from marketing anything that doesn’t come from animal flesh as “meat.” This Great Missouri Meat Mandate is the first law to regulate use of the m-word.
The rise of lab-grown meat alternatives has sparked a war between old-school food producers and non-traditional food engineers — and in this battle, the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association has tallied a victory.