Missouri Ag Officials Offering `Fake Meat' Companies A Reprieve On Labeling

JEFFERSON CITY • Gov. Mike Parson’s administration is giving companies that sell plant-based and lab-grown meat until Jan. 1 to make sure they comply with a controversial new labeling law.

In a statement issued Thursday, the Missouri Department of Agriculture said it was giving companies time to ensure their labels comply with the law that went into effect on Tuesday.

The new law was part of a package of changes to state agriculture and conservation laws approved by wide margins in the House and Senate last spring.

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