Texas House OK’s bill to ban plant-based foods from using ‘meat’ and ‘beef’ in names

[Red Hood]

God Blexas Texas

 

[SiccDicc]

I think Texas might have a law making it illegal to defame beef... if so, just lock the fuckers up with that. All done.

 

[Stoneheart]

They are stealing from europe!

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

I hope they start banning bug substitutes next.

 

[Niggernerd]

Vegan "meat" taste bland and like shit. I know you're the kids who had breakdowns over having to finish your peas and broccoli but just eat normal veggies you fucking idiots.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

There's also the fact that shitload of vegan products throw nuts into stuff as filler. People with nut allergies have accidently bought stuff thinking it's meat and not realizing it.

Good. Those people need to be removed from the gene pool.

 

[Bungus Scrungus]

As expected of the most American state.

 

[Gar For Archer]

If you do some knock offs but admit it that's ok but never try to sell as is.

I have a vegetarian in my fam, and when we go out for Americanized chinese they get gen tso's tofu, SHIT IS BOMB. But it's not meat.

Some bean burgers are great, there's one from morning star farms, I'll eat when I'm cutting, it's delish, but it's not a hamburger.

I'm really ok with this because I think in ways a mixed blessing showing how you can make a vegan/veggie meal thats good, but it's not really what it is.

Aside that, I don't want to see relabling ok, any crappy italian restaurant pounds pork thin and calls it "veal" same thing, I don't want to see door open when a bean burger costing 63 cents gets charged as much as a half lb of usda choice ground beef you know?

I’ve had some great vegetarian recipes, but you know what’s common to all of them?

They’re just recipes that happen to not contain any meat. None of this imitation bull crap.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Vegan "meat" taste bland and like shit. I know you're the kids who had breakdowns over having to finish your peas and broccoli but just eat normal veggies you fucking idiots.

Peas? Those are one of the best vegetables.

 

[Merrick]

If you do some knock offs but admit it that's ok but never try to sell as is.

I have a vegetarian in my fam, and when we go out for Americanized chinese they get gen tso's tofu, SHIT IS BOMB. But it's not meat.

Some bean burgers are great, there's one from morning star farms, I'll eat when I'm cutting, it's delish, but it's not a hamburger.

I'm really ok with this because I think in ways a mixed blessing showing how you can make a vegan/veggie meal thats good, but it's not really what it is.

Aside that, I don't want to see relabling ok, any crappy italian restaurant pounds pork thin and calls it "veal" same thing, I don't want to see door open when a bean burger costing 63 cents gets charged as much as a half lb of usda choice ground beef you know?

I fucking hate it when I go to a steakhouse and they claim the beef is "prime" when it's not. I always ask them to specify if it's USDA prime, and they say yes anyway.

 

[Xarpho]

If California can stick every consumer product with "this product has a carcinogen somewhere" and Vermont can do "this product contains genetically modified ingredients", then suck it, Texas can do it too.

For what it's worth, though, this mostly affects Beyond Meat, and most other vegan items are already labeled differently, like a vegan food truck (in Austin, of course), selling "bac'n cheezeburgers".

 

[The Wicked Mitch]

I fucking hate it when I go to a steakhouse and they claim the beef is "prime" when it's not. I always ask them to specify if it's USDA prime, and they say yes anyway.

I've grown to hate going out to dinner, with a few rare exceptions I'd rather just do it myself

 

[AlephOne2Many]

Imagine thinking you're saving the planet when the byproduct of eating has to be disposed in water and separated from the rest of the water supply thereafter lol.

 

[Hard Toothbrush]

I recently ordered from a new butcher's in town called Very Good and it was only after the fucking "burger" arrived that I realized it was "V.G" as in "vegan".

Only in America you could have a "vegan butcher" jfc

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

I’ve had some great vegetarian recipes, but you know what’s common to all of them?

They’re just recipes that happen to not contain any meat. None of this imitation bull crap.

Yeap. I don't object to the occasional vegetarian meal myself, but the list of ingredients for pseudomeat is longer than my fuckin' arm. And they want to lecture us on how eating meat isn't natural?

 

[Oddjob OTP]

Can they get these fuckers too while they're at it? They are clearly marketing secure in the knowledge that Americans won't read anything in less then 18pt font.

 

[Monkey Pink]

I'm honestly all for it, because I know most of these companies have the end goal of making real meat illegal.

 

[Spiny Rumples]

House Bill 316 would prohibit products derived from insects, plants or cell cultures, which come from in vitro animal cells harvested in the lab and not slaughtered animals, from using the terms “meat,” “pork,” “poultry product” and “beef” in their names. Using these words could result in a company being accused of misleading the consumer.

I hope they start banning bug substitutes next.

Proof that people just don't read. We need to protect them.

 

[interrobangings]

Wouldn't it make more sense to be mandatory to say it's "fake meat"? Or is that just me?

 

[WonderWino]

I fucking hate it when I go to a steakhouse and they claim the beef is "prime" when it's not. I always ask them to specify if it's USDA prime, and they say yes anyway.

Speaking of that kind of stupidity, that reminds me of a dumbshit waitress I met on pof awhile back who suggested she cook homemade prime rib for dinner instead of going to a restaurant. Sounds like a good idea right?

Imagine my surprise when the horrifyingly fake looking greyish colored 'prime rib' she made turned out to be some horrifying dollarstore tier quality piece of meat that she thought was 'prime rib' because 'I bought it on amazon prime last week!' despite the fact that a) amazon prime is a streaming service and b) buying food on amazon doesn't make it 'prime' cause you happen to have a prime subscription

I suspect the people running the average restaurant wouldn't know what USDA prime actually meant if they were asked, let alone the waiter staff. They just say yes cause they have no idea and don't want to be bothered to ask someone else who likely couldn't say for sure either