US EditionEU votes to ban ‘burger’ and ‘steak’ labels for plant-based foods
The European Parliament voted 355-247 to reserve meat-related terms for animal products, a move backed by farmers to protect their industry amid rising plant-based alternatives.
- The European Parliament voted 532 to 78 to ban labeling vegetarian products with meat terms like steak and burger.
- Céline Imart, a conservative German lawmaker, stated that using meat-related terms for vegetarian products is misleading and should be avoided to ensure transparency.
- This regulation aims to protect farmers and clarify product terms for consumers, according to lawmakers' statements.
- The regulation will be clarified by a parliamentary committee before negotiations with the EU's 27 member states begin.
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'A steak is a steak': EU Parliament votes to ban meat terms for vegetarian food
European Union lawmakers this week voted in favour of a proposal to restrict meat-related terms such as "burger" and "sausage" to products that contain actual meat, in order to protect the interests of livestock farmers. The decision has sparked debate across the European Parliament, notably among French MEPs.
A battle has flared up in Europe – about what a sausage really is. DN's food editor Elin Peters sees how the meat lobby is advancing its positions.
Sausage, burger, schnitzel: The EU Parliament wants only meat products to be called that. Public Health scientist Peter von Philipsborn explains why this would be bad, especially for meat eaters.
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…
Greggs' vegan sausage roll may survive 'absurd' sea border plans - but local veggie products face EU ban on meat-based names
A move by the EU parliament to ban the use of words like “burger” or “sausage roll” to describe plant-based foods has been branded absurd – with warnings of more problems ahead for Northern Ireland businesses.
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