Lobbyists for Kansas livestock producers who are gnashing their teeth over the marketing of plant-based food products are asking legislators to rewrite the state's food labeling law. The proposal raises questions about the legality of limiting free speech, the extent of confusion among people buying plant-based products, and which business interests win or lose. Competing forces clashed Thursday in a hearing over legislation that would require packages of plant-based foods that reference an "identifiable meat term" to declare "this product does not contain meat" on the packaging, or describe the product as "imitation...
