Senators, USDA nominee agree labels should say if it’s animal or cell-based meat

When cell-based meat appears in grocery stores, it should be labeled so that consumers know it came from a lab and not from livestock, two cattle-state senators told the Trump administration’s nominee to run the USDA’s food safety unit on Wednesday. Labeling is one of the undecided issues for the nascent industry. “I think the… » Read More

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