Digest: The Act says that plant-based foods are misbranded if their labels imply that they are made of meat or eggs. The Act tells an agency to try to exclude certain plant-based foods from federal nutrition programs. The Act tells agencies not to purchase certain plant-based foods. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.8).
Provides that a manufactured-protein food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from meat is misbranded unless the food product contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from meat.
Provides that a fabricated-egg food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from eggs is misbranded unless the food product contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from eggs.
Instructs the Department of Human Services to request a waiver that excludes manufactured-protein food products and fabricated-egg food products from eligibility under federal nutrition programs.
Instructs the State Board of Education and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to separately adopt rules to prohibit the purchasing of manufactured-protein food products and fabricated-egg food products.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 616.205, 616.250