EU confirms that no member country can ban meat designations for plant-based supply

Published 2024년 10월 10일

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The PSOE in Spain has proposed an initiative to regulate misleading advertising of vegan or vegetarian products sold as meat products, aligning with European trends to protect consumer confusion. The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that member countries cannot prohibit foods made with vegetable proteins from being marketed under meat-based food names, as long as they comply with European Regulation 1169/2011. The Spanish Association of Producers of Plant-Based Foods and Beverages has pledged to maintain transparency and clarity in labeling, supporting the current Spanish legal system and advocating for clear regulation for plant-based foods and beverages in Spain.

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Last week we echoed the initiative registered by the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies to "fight against the misleading advertising of certain vegan or vegetarian products that are sold as meat products." Through a non-legislative proposal for debate in the Agriculture Committee, the socialist group stated that it was "necessary and urgent" for Spain to join the trend of European countries consisting of "protecting the consumer against the possible confusion that this type of product may generate and adopting the measures that are necessary for this purpose." The PSOE thus aligned itself with the position that we have seen prosper in other countries in the European environment, such as France, which last February ratified the prohibition of using certain nouns such as steak, escalope or ham for products of vegetable origin. This measure was challenged before the French authorities by Protéines France, the French consortium of companies that promote the development of vegetable ...

Source: Alimarket