Yet I find it disturbing when I buy something that contains astonishing animal products.
E.g. I bought some truffle mayonaise. I expect it to contain eggs, but not fish. Indeed, after getting home and reading the fine print, it said anchovies were used. WTF.
Ramen noodles are also a game of chance. Big Chinese writing, a pic of veg on noodles, then the very fine print often buries the use of sea creatures. I spend a lot of time reading a huge list of ingredients (without a magnifying glass) in attempt to be diligent... and I still get burnt.
The injustice of accidentally buying veg that someone expects to be meat is far less of an injustice than the inverse of that. Yet the EU is fixated on regulating veg suppliers.
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tocano@piefed.social · 23 pts · 171d
EU fights for the freedom of speech of racists and liars but stops at emerging markets and alternatives. Only to protect the people in power.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 171d
Literally nobody ever bought vegan bacon thinking it was real bacon. No one has ever been mislead. It's so obvious it's painful. But whatever, call it vegan B'acon
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 171d
I've seen it called veekon here (bacon is peekon), which I thought was clever, but I bet that's a trademarked term.
I've also seen vöner for veggie döner and some other similar names. The big worry with those is that someone will come up with a clever name and trademark it. Whereas if they could just keep on writing "plant-based bacon" or something on the packaging, literally nobody should be confused.
illi@piefed.social · 7 pts · 171d
You know this is bulshit because body milk is,not confusing people to drink it and is not banned.
activistPnk@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 170d
Where is the vegan lobby in all of this? Did they not fight back? I would gladly sign a petition that forces the meat industry to put pics of animals on all processed foods where ingredients are not obvious from the cover, like on ramen noodles.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 171d
This is the dumbest fight ever, EU.
Imagine how much money and time was spent on putting this into law.
Shut the fuck up and let people call things what they are similar to if they want.
This article has all of them, and... It's not as bad as it seems, to be honest. https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/eu-veggie-burger-ban-plant-based-meat-names-vegan-labelling/
"Burger" and "sausage" was in the original proposal, but was fortunately rejected.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 171d
it's not a "fight", they are behind this decision ☞ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_des_entreprises_de_charcuterie_traiteur
literally a meat lobby
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 17 pts · 171d
I’m for inventing names that don’t elicit flesh, but this just seems like they’re caving to the meat lobby
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 171d
It's not even legal to use "milk" in the way it was used throughout history, it can only refer to animal milk now.
activistPnk@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 170d
The move would have merit if there were a real issue of confusion in the marketplace. But indeed caving to the meat lobby is just a display of lacking democracy.. not representing the people.
I would love to see a counter petition that demands ramen noodles have animal pics on the frontside.
felsiq@piefed.zip · 15 pts · 171d
Damn imagine buying something without looking at the package and then finding out you accidentally didn’t murder an animal even tho you wanted to
Thank you EU for saving us all from this awful situation /s
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 171d
They can ban products from being labeled like that, but they can't force people to call them by an alternative name. I'll always call the "no -dairy oat drink" oat milk because it just makes sense in day to day life.
nothingcorporate@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 171d
Good thing the politicians are focusing on the issues that matter. 🙄
activistPnk@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 170d
I suspect it’s a signal that the politically hard right is in control of Europe. I recently heard Spain is currently the only notably progressive leadership in Europe at the moment.