Plant-based meats have been in the news lately, but I’ve been thinking about plant-based fish.
First, an update on the proposed Texas Meat and Imitation Food Act, a piece of state legislation that would prevent companies that make plant-based proteins from using the word meat,” “beef, chicken, pork or any common variation of them to describe the product, even if only to claim similar textures, flavors or cooking methods.
The bill, H.B. 3799, recently passed in the House and will move on to the Senate, where we’ll hear more testimony from ranchers and food manufacturers on an issue that has been causing plenty of political tussles in recent years.