Hearing on Meat Labeling Bill (LD 351) Scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 12

On February 12 at 1 p.m. at the Cross Building in Augusta, the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry will hear a bill addressing the large of amount of meat being advertised falsely as “local” or “Maine-raised” when the animals actually were produced elsewhere and trucked to Maine for slaughter. Rep. Bill Pluecker…