Tag: meat
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Vegan Food Co. Challenges Mississippi Meat Law
Upton’s Naturals Co. has filed a lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s law prohibiting the use of “meat” to describe products that are not derived from animals. Upton’s Naturals Co. v. Bryant, No. 19-0462 (S.D. Miss., filed July 1, 2019). Upton’s, which makes “vegan burgers,” “vegan bacon” and “vegan chorizo,” argues that the law is a “content-based regulation…
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USDA Issues Guidance on Meal Kits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released guidance on meal kits requiring inspection by the agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The guidance indicates that meal kits do not require assembly subject to FSIS inspection if (i) the “meat or poultry component is prepared and separately packaged under FSIS inspection and labeled with…
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New Zealand Restaurant Investigated for Plant-Based Meat Use Without Disclosure
A New Zealand pizza restaurant is reportedly under investigation after it sold 3,000 “Burger Pizzas” that only featured a plant-based meat substitute rather than animal-derived meat. The company marketed the pizza topping as a “medium rare burger patty,” and a company manager apparently asserted to the BBC that the description was accurate on its face.…
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“Shame on you, Washington Post”: FSIS Criticizes Reporting on Pork Inspections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a press release responding to The Washington Post‘s reporting on an impending change to pork plant inspections. “FSIS is appalled at The Washington Post’s poor attempt at explaining a proposal to modernize inspection,” the press release states. “The Post’s decision to…
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Physicians Committee Sues USDA for Response on Adulterant Petition
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has filed an Administrative Procedure Act lawsuit seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to respond to the organization’s petition urging the agency to regulate feces as an adulterant under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Physicians Comm. for Responsible Med. v.…
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Court Finds ALDF Claim Preempted
A D.C. court has granted summary judgment in favor of Hormel Foods Corp. in a lawsuit alleging that the company misleads consumers into believing that its products “are from animals that are humanely raised and not ‘factory-farmed’ and that its products do not contain preservatives or nitrites that are not from natural sources.” Animal Legal…
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Washington Post Covers Pork Inspection Change
The meat industry is moving towards self-regulation for identifying diseased animals, an article in The Washington Post asserts. The article documents a series of changes shifting responsibility for identifying contamination in meat production, especially pork and poultry, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to employees of the regulated production plants. The Post spoke to…
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Europe May Limit Use of “Meat” for Plant-Based Products
The EU agriculture committee has reportedly approved a prohibition on the use of the term “meat” to describe vegetable-based products, including bean burgers, vegan sausages and tofu steaks. The provision would limit the use of “steak,” “sausage,” “burger,” “hamburger” and “escalope” to only describe “edible parts of the animals.” One French politician reportedly described the…