That anticipated out-of-court settlement between Missouri and Turtle Island Foods is not happening.
The many parties involved “do not believe additional time will allow for resolution of the impasse, according to their July status report to the federal court for the Western District of Missouri.
Instead, those involved in the dispute want to resume the litigation that began in August 2018 when Missouri’s first-in-the-nation law against “misrepresenting” product as meat if it consists of something not derived from traditionally harvested livestock or poultry.
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The day after the Missouri law took effect, Turtle Island Foods in Hood River, OR, sued Missouri and state prosecutors. Four decades old, Turtle Island Foods is a meatless business, offering vegetarian and vegan alternatives.
The Turtle Island Foods federal complaint …. asserts a commercial free speech right to use “meat” words like Burger, Sausage, and Hot Dog
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