Source: Chris Torres, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 10/29/18


South Dakota rancher Dani Beer has a message for people who want to sell lab-grown meat. "Our message is: beef is beef," Beer says. "People are creative, they can think of their own name." Beer was one of several farmers who attended a public hearing in Washington, D.C., on the issue of labeling cell-cultured products from livestock and poultry. The USDA and Food and Drug Administration, the federal agencies that oversee food labeling, are considering what should be on the labels of products derived from cell-cultured meat, which could be on the market within a year.

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