New Oklahoma law requires label on meat products not directly coming from animals
A new Oklahoma law aims for transparency in the meat industry by requiring a label alerting buyers if a product comes directly from an animal or somewhere else.
New Oklahoma law requires label on meat products not directly coming from animals
A new Oklahoma law aims for transparency in the meat industry by requiring a label alerting buyers if a product comes directly from an animal or somewhere else.
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WHERE’S NOT THE BEEF? NOW, EVAN, YOU SNUCK ONE IN ON ME THERE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE NEW THE LAW IS AN ATTEMPT TO CURB FALSE ADVERTISING. THE AUTHOR TELLS ME OKLAHOMANS DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE REALLY EATING. PRODUCTS ARE COMING OUT. MEATS MADE FROM PLANT, SOME OF THEM FROM INSECTS BASES. EVEN NOW, PETRI DISHES. REPRESENTATIVE JIM GREGO IS ONE OF THE AUTHORS ON HOUSE BILL 1126. AND HE TOLD ME, LABELING MEAT MADE IN A LAB OR FROM CELLULAR CULTIVATION WAS BETTER THAN BANNING IT ALTOGETHER. IN OKLAHOMA. I THINK THIS IS A BETTER APPROACH THAN A BAN. GOVERNOR STITT JUST SIGNED THE BILL OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH NOW REQUIRES SPECIFIC LABELING, TELLING CUSTOMERS THAT MEAT IS EITHER FROM AN ANIMAL OR A LAB, OR A DIFFERENT SOURCE. IT WILL BE LABELED WHEN IT’S MANUFACTURED, WHERE IT’S ORIGIN IS, AND IT WILL TRAVEL TO THE RETAIL STORES. BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS NOW TASKED WITH CREATING THE OFFICIAL RULES AND ENFORCEMENT. THEY’RE STILL IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT STAGES. WE’RE NOT THERE YET. DEPARTMENT OF AG JUST LEFT. I ASKED THEM THAT QUESTION, AND THEY’RE NOT THEY DON’T HAVE ALL THE RULES PROMULGATED YET. IT’S NOT LIKE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE PATROLLING TO CATCH THIS STUFF. THEY JUST WANT THE CONSUMER TO KNOW. THE BILL SAYS THE PENALTY FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE NEW LABEL GUIDELINES WILL BE A MISDEMEANOR. IF YOU’RE A RETAILER AND YOU GET IT IN AND IT’S LABELED WHERE IT CAME FROM AND YOU WAS TO ALTER THAT LABEL IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, THEN YOU WOULD BE SUBJECT TO PENALTIES. NOW THE BILL OFFICIALLY TAKES EFFECT NOVEMBER 1ST. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUT DID NOT HEA
New Oklahoma law requires label on meat products not directly coming from animals
A new Oklahoma law aims for transparency in the meat industry by requiring a label alerting buyers if a product comes directly from an animal or somewhere else.
A new Oklahoma law aims for transparency in the meat industry by requiring a label alerting buyers if a product comes directly from an animal or somewhere else. Lawmakers said the details still need to be worked out, but it is an attempt to prevent false advertising. The bill's author said Oklahomans need to know where meat products really come from. "Products are coming out with meats made from plants, some made from insects, even now, Petri dishes," state Rep. Jim Grego, a Republican from Wilburton, said. Grego is one of the authors on the bill. He said more rules for specific labeling on meat products, including those made in a lab or from cellular cultivation, were better than banning them in Oklahoma. "I think this is a better approach than a ban," Grego said. >> Video Below: Gov. Kevin Stitt signs 15 bills into law, vetoes 7Gov. Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 1126 over the weekend, which now requires specific labeling, telling customers that meat is either from an animal, a lab or a different source. "It’ll be labeled when it’s manufactured, where its origin is, and it’ll travel to the retail stores," Grego said. The Department of Agriculture is now tasked with creating the official rules and enforcement, which are still in the early development stages. "We’re not there yet. The Department of Agriculture just left. I asked them that question, and they don’t have all the rules promulgated yet," Grego said. "It’s not like we’re going to have people out there patrolling, out there to catch this stuff. We just want the consumer to know.”>> Video Below: What bills has Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed?The bill said the penalty for not following the new label guidelines will be a misdemeanor. "If you’re a retailer, and you get it in, and it’s labeled where it came from, and you were to alter that label in some form or fashion, you’d be subject to some penalties," Grego said. The bill takes effect on Nov. 1. Top Headlines 'We're one great, big family': Hospital has 14 pregnant nurses in one unit Police search for 2 suspects after deadly shooting at northwest OKC apartment complex Police investigating possible homicide after body found next to southwest OKC railroad tracks 18-year-old man drowns at Canton Lake US and China agree to 90-day tariff rollback in trade war breakthrough
A new Oklahoma law aims for transparency in the meat industry by requiring a label alerting buyers if a product comes directly from an animal or somewhere else.
Lawmakers said the details still need to be worked out, but it is an attempt to prevent false advertising. The bill's author said Oklahomans need to know where meat products really come from.
"Products are coming out with meats made from plants, some made from insects, even now, Petri dishes," state Rep. Jim Grego, a Republican from Wilburton, said.
Grego is one of the authors on the bill. He said more rules for specific labeling on meat products, including those made in a lab or from cellular cultivation, were better than banning them in Oklahoma.
"I think this is a better approach than a ban," Grego said.
>> Video Below: Gov. Kevin Stitt signs 15 bills into law, vetoes 7
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Gov. Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 1126 over the weekend, which now requires specific labeling, telling customers that meat is either from an animal, a lab or a different source.
"It’ll be labeled when it’s manufactured, where its origin is, and it’ll travel to the retail stores," Grego said.
The Department of Agriculture is now tasked with creating the official rules and enforcement, which are still in the early development stages.
"We’re not there yet. The Department of Agriculture just left. I asked them that question, and they don’t have all the rules promulgated yet," Grego said. "It’s not like we’re going to have people out there patrolling, out there to catch this stuff. We just want the consumer to know.”
>> Video Below: What bills has Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed?
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The bill said the penalty for not following the new label guidelines will be a misdemeanor.
"If you’re a retailer, and you get it in, and it’s labeled where it came from, and you were to alter that label in some form or fashion, you’d be subject to some penalties," Grego said.