Read Time: | 13th May 2021 Texas lawmakers have passed a bill to ban the terms 'meat', 'beef and 'chicken' on the labels of plant-based food products. On Monday, Texas state lawmakers approved House Bill 316 which will place restrictions on the labelling of plant-based proteins. The bill will ban plant-based food products from using terms such as ‘meat’, ‘beef’ and ‘chicken’ to describe the product on its label. This will also apply to cell-cultured ‘meat’ when it comes to market over the coming years. Bill 316 has garnered support from various livestock companies including the Texas Poultry Federation, Texas Pork Producers Association and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.