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Texas, the top cattle producer in the nation, might seem an unlikely backdrop for confusion over the meaning of words such as “meat” or “beef.”
But that isn t stopping an effort in the state Legislature to officially define them by codifying meat, for instance, as derived solely from carcasses of cows, chickens or other livestock, with no lab-grown, cell cultured, insect or plant-based food products included.
The definitions, contained in a proposed law called the Texas Meat and Imitation Food Act, are needed to prevent makers of meat alternatives, such as plant-based burger patties, from duping consumers regarding the contents of their products, according to agriculture groups that are backing the plan.
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Austin: Texas, the top cattle producer in the United States, might seem an unlikely backdrop for confusion over the meaning of words such as âmeatâ or âbeefâ.
But that isnât stopping an effort in the state Legislature to officially define them - by codifying âmeat,â for instance, as derived solely from carcasses of cows, chickens or other livestock, with no âlab-grown, cell cultured, insect or plant-based food productsâ included.
Ranchers have a real beef with fake meat. Pictured: real beef.
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The definitions, contained in a proposed law called the Texas Meat and Imitation Food Act, are needed to prevent makers of meat alternatives, such as plant-based burger patties, from duping consumers regarding the contents of their products, according to agriculture groups that are backing the plan.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Special Ranger Mike Barr, District 26, Region 2 of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, with several of the clients he’s charged with protecting at a ranch in Llano County. The cattle include Charolais, black Angus, Hereford, Brangus, tigerstripe, and motley face. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
Cattle rustlers still plague today’s ranchers, which is why the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association hires special rangers to protect local herds. In Llano County, that’s Special Ranger Mike Barr of District 26, Region 2, which also includes Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Mason counties a total of 7,000 square miles of Texas.
Brownwood News – It was 1976. He had just graduated from law school, and gotten married. He needed a job, but he wanted more than a job. He wanted a home, a place to settle and raise a family. He didn’t know where that might be. Then he got a phone call from Brownwood.
Forty-four years later, Steve Ellis is still in Brownwood, and retiring at the end of this month from his job as District Judge of the Texas 35th Judicial District. He finished on top.
Ellis’ path to Brownwood was circuitous and unpredictable. His parents were both natives of Central Texas, but were living in Silver City, New Mexico when Steve was born. As Steve’s father moved up in his profession, the family moved often, just a few years in any one town, living in many different towns in New Mexico and Texas as he grew up, eventually graduating from high school in Texas City, Texas.