If in a packaking appears a meaty word or expression and the vegetarian warning is in a very small font, that is scam. And YES, it happen to me. I have to read every small font paragraph to found it. After I pay it. Thankfully I could return it.
And it some restaurant want to be troll they can use the word “Salad” and only contain meat products. Its the same.
Seems fair.
Never change, France.
Based
Fake marketing is a big sin , so based France !
That looks like a rule lobbied for by meat producers under the guise of protection morons from eating… vegetables ?!
I do think the packaging should be really clear about what the product is.
But let’s be honest, that’s not a move to protect the consumer, that’s a move from the meat industry against vegetarian products encroaching on their margins. A big “VEGETARIAN PRODUCT” mention on the package would have easily made things clear. Expressions like “steak végé” or “saucisses végé” are already commonly used anyways, and people aren’t going to stop using them. It’s already the case with soy milk, despite the fact that you can’t call soy milk “milk” in France.
Excellent pun, love the english humour. But I d remain mainly concerned about the quantity of additives in meat like products (ot any product tbh) as long as it’s not blatant fake advertising.
^(Yet I have to admit vegan friends trying to sell me their meatless “plateau de charcuterie” has been kinda ticking me off for a while now. Why can’t you just call it as it is ?)
“Baby carrots” will now be renamed as “tiny carrots” in order to avoid misleading customers.
Those carrots are definitely not made out of baby meat…
Based France is dabbing on vegans?
On a more serious note, while I agree consumers should have clarity on what they are buying, but in the same time if someone is in fact looking for vegan replacement to cordon blur, there is no reason to make it harder than necessary.
Why shouldn’t producers name their products according to their intended function? They *are* intended as meat product replacements, and that’s a legitimate business case. Would be like making it illegal to name products with zero sugar, salt, or fat after the product they’re intended to be a substitute for.
The meat industry just sees the writing on the wall, and tries to boycott their competitors, to prevent their customers from finding alternatives to their products.
French government changes labelling laws having heavily lobbied by powerful meat and dairy industry. I’m shocked!
Although it’s France you do have to love them. No nonsense unless it’s trying to get paperwork done.
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If in a packaking appears a meaty word or expression and the vegetarian warning is in a very small font, that is scam. And YES, it happen to me. I have to read every small font paragraph to found it. After I pay it. Thankfully I could return it.
And it some restaurant want to be troll they can use the word “Salad” and only contain meat products. Its the same.
Seems fair.
Never change, France.
Based
Fake marketing is a big sin , so based France !
That looks like a rule lobbied for by meat producers under the guise of protection morons from eating… vegetables ?!
I do think the packaging should be really clear about what the product is.
But let’s be honest, that’s not a move to protect the consumer, that’s a move from the meat industry against vegetarian products encroaching on their margins. A big “VEGETARIAN PRODUCT” mention on the package would have easily made things clear. Expressions like “steak végé” or “saucisses végé” are already commonly used anyways, and people aren’t going to stop using them. It’s already the case with soy milk, despite the fact that you can’t call soy milk “milk” in France.
Excellent pun, love the english humour. But I d remain mainly concerned about the quantity of additives in meat like products (ot any product tbh) as long as it’s not blatant fake advertising.
^(Yet I have to admit vegan friends trying to sell me their meatless “plateau de charcuterie” has been kinda ticking me off for a while now. Why can’t you just call it as it is ?)
“Baby carrots” will now be renamed as “tiny carrots” in order to avoid misleading customers.
Those carrots are definitely not made out of baby meat…
Based France is dabbing on vegans?
On a more serious note, while I agree consumers should have clarity on what they are buying, but in the same time if someone is in fact looking for vegan replacement to cordon blur, there is no reason to make it harder than necessary.
Why shouldn’t producers name their products according to their intended function? They *are* intended as meat product replacements, and that’s a legitimate business case. Would be like making it illegal to name products with zero sugar, salt, or fat after the product they’re intended to be a substitute for.
The meat industry just sees the writing on the wall, and tries to boycott their competitors, to prevent their customers from finding alternatives to their products.
French government changes labelling laws having heavily lobbied by powerful meat and dairy industry. I’m shocked!
Although it’s France you do have to love them. No nonsense unless it’s trying to get paperwork done.