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GFI goes to court for First Amendment

Matt Ball

Earlier this year, the Missouri governor signed an omnibus bill that contained language prohibiting "misrepresenting" any product as "meat" that does not come from a slaughtered animal. We just went to court to stop it.

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GFI takes the case for clean meat to Capitol Hill

Matt Ball

On Wednesday, June 27, GFI's Director of Policy Jessica Almy, Esq. was part of a panel of clean meat experts who presented to the Advisory Committee for the Congressional Research and Development [R&D] Caucus Committee. She explained that we are on the cusp of a major shift in how meat is produced globally. If the United States is to lead in this new way of producing meat, the government needs to shift research dollars to this field.