US EditionEU votes to ban ‘burger’ and ‘steak’ labels for plant-based foods
The European Parliament voted 355 to 247 to ban meat-related names on plant-based foods, aiming to protect livestock farmers amid growing competition from alternative proteins.
- The European Parliament voted 532 to 78 to ban the labeling of vegetarian products with terms like steak or meat.
- The proposal defines meat as 'edible parts of animals' and restricts terms like veggie burger for plant-based products.
- Céline Imart stated that misleading terms should be avoided in food labeling during the parliamentary debate.
- The regulation aims to strengthen farmers' negotiating power against large food companies.
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One must already love the priorities: while the EU is taming in a vortex of inflation, energy crisis, uncontrolled mass migration and ubiquitous war, the European Parliament finally finds time for what really matters – the fight against the "Soya snitch". 355 MEPs have decided that terms such as Veggie sausage or Tofu steak should be banned in the future. Reason: The poor consumer could otherwise get lost, between pea and beef, between seitan an…
It is about sausage: the European Parliament voted by 355 against 247 to ban terms such as burgers, steak and schnitzels for vegan and vegetarian foods.
MEPs supported by 355 votes to 247 a right-wing bill banning designations as 'vegetal steak' in order to avoid 'confusion' with meat products Read
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