In the US you can now go to jail if you call non-meat products meat

Missouri became the first US state to banned meat from products that were not made from animal meat. About this 28 August wrote the newspaper USA Today.

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Now it is forbidden to sellers not only to indicate an incorrect mass or brand of meat, but also to call meat what did not “come from livestock or birds,” writes Rtvi. Violators face up to one year and a fine of up to $ 1 thousand.

Amendments to state law introduced the 1 of December 2017 to the Missouri Senate. In June, 2018 was signed by Governor Eric Gritens, and they entered into force on August 28.

Now similar measures are being discussed at the federal level. In February, the US Pastoral Association submitted a petition to the Department of Agriculture. In it, she asked to separate the "fake meat" from the present.

According to research firm NPD Group, about 14% of Americans (43 million people) regularly feed on alternative products of plant origin. At the same time 86% of them do not consider themselves vegans or vegetarians.

In June, the KFC fast food chain in the UK announced that it would sell vegetarian “chicken”. The company explained that artificial meat has fewer calories. By 2025, there they want to reduce the average caloric content of dishes by 20%.

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