"It is forbidden to call it sausage if it is not meat", clash in the EU between farmers and vegans

Published 2020년 10월 8일

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The European agricultural lobby, Copa-Cogeca, is challenging the use of meat and dairy product names for vegetable imitations, arguing that it could mislead consumers. The lobby is urgently appealing to the European Parliament to reconsider these controversial labels, suggesting that a ban could potentially cause confusion and financial harm to the industry. On the other hand, ProVeg International, a pro-vegan organization, has assembled the European Alliance for Plant-Based Foods, advocating for the use of traditional food product names for vegetarian and vegan items. They argue that there is no proof of consumer confusion with the current labeling and emphasize the importance of sustainable and healthy food choices, in line with the EU's Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy.

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“Ceci n'est pas un steak”, this is not a steak. The European lobby of agricultural associations uses René Magritte's art of Belgian surrealism to launch a campaign against the use of meat and dairy product names for vegetable imitations, which are increasingly popular with vegan or vegetarian diets. Next month, the European Parliament will have to comment on the controversial products that end up on supermarket shelves and refrigerated counters such as "vegan sausage" or "meatless hamburger". On the EU table there is the possibility of introducing a ban on this type of denomination, but also the referral of the issue to a new proposal from the European Commission. If the Eurocamera "decided to leave a window open" on these labels, warns the Copa-Cogeca agricultural lobby, "it would open a Pandora's box that in the long term will have consequences for both consumers and farmers". The position of breeders and companies in the livestock sector is very clear: if a product does not ...

Source: AgrifoodToday