EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to ban the use of the term "veggie-burger" and limit food descriptions such as steak, escalope and sausage to products containing meat, part of a proposed EU law to protect farmers.
EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-lawmakers-push-ban-term-veggie-burger-2025-10-08/
6 Comments
kbal@fedia.io · 37 pts · 339d
In order to protect farmers, UI designers will henceforth be required to replace the term "hamburger menu" with a more acceptable name such as "pixel-based alternative menu."
Jajcus@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 339d
"sausage" and "burger" describe the form, not the content. I can see why 'plant ham' or 'plant bacon' is a nonsense, but sausage can be filled with anything.
BeliefPropagator@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 339d
It's not really nonsense if it's clear to pretty much everyone what is meant. Nobody expects real bacon to come from a plant.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 335d
It really is stupid.
What's the difference when calling something a chicken burger? It's a burger made with chicken instead of beef. Just like a veggie burger is a burger made from plants.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de · 13 pts · 339d
Okay? I hope they ban chicken burger as well and mixing in ingredients other than 100% pure minced beef with a bit of salt.
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 339d
I love (=hate) that when you could be fighting climate change, fascism, war or genocide some people have these kind of priorities (making more money).