Does vegetable meat harm livestock farming in Europe?

National bans on using meat-related food names for plant-based products are invalid, but governments can achieve the same result – and with EU law – by establishing legal names. The ruling by the European Court of Justice on the 2022 French law that banned the use of names such as salami, coppa or prosciutto to sell foods made from plant proteins, in theory puts an end to years of controversy, in practice it opens the way to a host of national laws of this type. In the end, everyone won. The EU single market, perhaps, a little less so. The European Vegetarian Union is rejoicing because the ban on the “vegan burger” (in reality the name “burger” has never been among the banned names) was rejected by the Court. And Copa and Cogeca are rejoicing because the same Court has explicitly indicated a way compatible with EU law to impose new bans. Let's take a step back. For dairy products, the CAP marketing standards already provide for name reservation. Already today, names such as ...