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France and South Africa Ban Plant-Based 'Meat' and Meatless Products from Being Marketed with Names and Terminology of Traditional Meat Products
In July 2022, France became the first European country to ban words that have been used to describe meats or fish — like "steak" — from being used for plant-base meats.
The Real Marketing Edible Artificial Truthfully (MEAT) Act 2019
A bill which has been introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives would require plant-based and cell-cultured meat to be labeled as “imitation meat food product”.