Petition launched to challenge the EU ‘veggie burger’ ban across Europe
ProVeg International has described the proposal as unnecessary and irrational: To suggest that consumers do not understand the meaning of the term ‘veggie burger’ and other similar terms is an insult to their intelligence.
ROSIE LINTOTT: ‘Food awareness organisation ProVeg International has started a petition to ‘stop the veggie burger ban’ after the European Parliament’s proposal to ban the use of words including ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ to describe vegetarian and vegan products… These products include steak, sausage, escalope, burger and hamburger.
Last month, the agricultural committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of the proposal on the belief that the names are misleading for consumers. If the proposal is passed, vegan and veggie burgers may be called ‘discs’ and sausages may be called ‘tubes’… ProVeg UK spokesperson Philip Mansbridge said: “To suggest that consumers do not understand the meaning of the term ‘veggie burger’ and other similar terms is an insult to their intelligence.
ProVeg International has described the proposal as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘irrational’, the petition will be delivered to the European Parliament before the final vote which will take place after May’s European elections… The proposed restriction would also unnecessarily restrict manufacturers, producers and the positive social and environmental changes created by the plant-based market, one of the fastest growing and most innovative sectors in the food industry today’. SOURCE…
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