- As previously reported on this blog, Oregon and Washington state residents headed to the polls on November 6, 2018 to vote on initiatives that would preemptively ban new soda
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Washington and Oregon to Vote on Soda and Food Tax Bans
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- Washington State Initiative 1634 would ban local taxes on groceries. The initiative defines groceries as “any raw or processed food or beverage, or any ingredient thereof, intended for human consumption
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GFI and Others Sue Missouri over Plant-Based and Clean Meat Labeling Law
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- The Good Food Institute (GFI), the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, and Turtle Island Foods (Tofurky brand) sued the state of Missouri over a
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Will Pennsylvania Join Other States in Banning Local Soda Taxes?
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- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages approved by the Philadelphia city council in 2016 (see previous blogs here, here and here for background information
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Bipartisan Bill Would Protect State Marijuana Laws
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- Several U.S. Senators introduced a bipartisan bill titled, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act (STATES Act), on June 7. The bill would allow states, U.S. territories,
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Missouri and France Prohibit Labeling Plant-Based Products as “Meat”
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- The Missouri Senate has passed an omnibus spending bill that adopts SB 977, the state bill that prohibits the marketing of plant-based meat analogs with the term “meat.” The
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Missouri Considers Plant-Based Meat Labeling Bill
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- The Missouri House approved a bill that would ban companies from labeling lab-grown meat products or meat substitutes as meat (St. Louis Post Dispatch). The labeling proposal is
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Washington Senate Passes Bill to Phase Out Salmon Farming
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- Current efforts to ban salmon farming in Washington State began shortly after the August 2017 failure of a net pen structure owned by Canadian-based Cooke Aquaculture that resulted in the
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Salmon Farming Update: Washington State Terminates Another Lease
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- As previously reported on this blog, Cooke Aquaculture (Cooke) sued the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last month for terminating its Port Angeles net pen lease for
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Washington State Senator Considering Ban on Atlantic Salmon Farming
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- Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) plans on proposing legislation in the upcoming session to ban Atlantic salmon net-pen farming, reports the Seattle Times. The legislation is in
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