EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to ban using the time period “veggie-burger” and restrict meals descriptions resembling steak, escalope and sausage to merchandise containing meat, a part of a proposed EU regulation to guard farmers.
Lawmakers on the European Parliament voted by 355 to 247 in favor of an modification to a regulation designed to present farmers a stronger negotiating place in order that highly effective firms within the meals provide chain don’t impose unfavorable circumstances.
The textual content of the ultimate regulation will observe negotiations between representatives of the Parliament, EU governments and the Fee, with the Parliament backing a ban of phrases resembling “veggie-burger” or “vegan sausage.”
Its meat-only listing additionally consists of “hamburger,” “egg yolk” and “egg white.”
The EU has already outlined dairy gadgets milk, butter, cream, yogurt and cheese as “merchandise secreted by mammary glands,” which means that what would possibly in any other case be known as oat milk is as a substitute usually known as oat drink.
EU lawmakers in 2020 voted in opposition to a proposal to ban using meat-related phrases for plant-based alternate options.
