Proposed bill similar to legislation signed into law in California in October.

The bill requires some alternative protein products to be labeled as “imitation” meat, as well as cultivated meat products to be labeled as “cell-cultured” or “lab-grown.”

The Annual Meat Conference returns to Nashville with a full agenda.

Several industry trade associations have endorsed the bill.

Lawrence MacAulay met with the US secretary of agriculture and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

The groups sent feedback to the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy and to the EPA.

Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai.

The Canadian company pled guilty to violating health and safety regulations.