Settlement negotiations on Missouri meat law falter
July 4, 2019
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Negotiations have failed and attorneys for Missouri and vegetarian food companies want to go back to court over a new law against promoting plant-based food products as "meat."
A federal court document dated Wednesday says work to reach a settlement agreement in the case hit an impasse.
At issue is a new Missouri law that makes it a misdemeanor to promote plant-based food as "meat." The law took effect in August.
The law was challenged by the Oregon-based Tofurky Co., which makes vegetarian food products, and The Good Food Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofi...
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