In Missouri, a new law suggests that peddlers of plant protein should spend a year in prison for misleading customers looking for good ol’ animal flesh. You know the old American motto: You aren’t legit until a state law has been passed to try to threaten your industry! We examine how we got to this place in legal and edible history.
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