US EditionFrance reignites bid to ban use of words ‘steak’, ‘spare ribs’ for plant-based food
- France is proposing revised measures to ban meat-related terms for plant-based food, aiming to prevent misleading claims. This includes a list of 21 banned names, such as "steak" and "spare ribs," while allowing certain meat-associated terms if they contain limited amounts of plant proteins .
- The move is a response to the growing global plant-based protein market and increasing demand for environmentally-friendly and healthy food. It has caused tension with livestock farmers and meat processors in France, the EU's biggest agricultural producer.
- The decree will not include the term "burger" and will give operators three months to adapt their labeling. The French government highlights the importance of transparency and loyalty to meet consumer and producer expectations.
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France reignites bid to ban use of ‘steak’, ‘spare ribs’ words for plant-based food
The French government has introduced new proposals to ban the use of meat names like "steak" and "spare ribs" for plant-based food made in the country as it seeks to avoid "misleading claims". The proposed decree bans a list of 21 meat names to describe protein-based products, including “steak”, “escalope”, “spare ribs”, “ham” or “butcher”.
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Terms like ‘steak’, ‘grill’ and ‘spare ribs’ must be expunged from plant-based products, says agriculture ministry, amid simmering disputeThe French government has said it is preparing a new decree against meaty terms like “steak”, “grill” and “spare ribs” being used to describe plant-based products.Its latest decree is “an issue of transparency and honesty responding to the legitimate expectations of consumers and producers”, agriculture minist…
The French government wants to ban names such as “steak”, “sausage” or “grillade” to refer to plant-based protein products and allow consumers to properly differentiate
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