A second state law banning cell-grown meat is being challenged in federal court. The Institute for Justice (IJ), in collaboration with startups Wildtype and UPSIDE Foods, is suing Texas in an effort to strike down the newly enacted ban on the sale of cultivated meat in the Lone Star State. IJ and UPSIDE Foods are also the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Florida, which enacted a similar ban.
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Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) is slated to speak on October 23 at the National Chicken Council’s 70th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. North Carolina’s 10th congressional district is located in central and western North Carolina and currently includes all of Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, and Yadkin counties, and most of Forsyth County including much of the city of Winston-Salem. Case Farms, Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods all have a presence in the district.
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To kickoff the NFL season and September’s National Chicken Month, NCC, the Congressional and Senate Chicken Caucuses, and the Congressional and Senate Small Brewers Caucuses will be hosting a bicameral Congressional reception on Thursday, September 4 on Capitol Hill. If you are in D.C. and interested in a late afternoon reception with chicken wings and cold beer, please contact David Elrod for more information: [email protected]. To RSVP, please click here.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins yesterday announced a commitment to new actions to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S. and recruit new veterinarians to join the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in their role to protect American ranchers, animals, and our food supply.
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