France bans veggie ‘steaks’
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Vegetable-based meat alternatives will no longer be able label their products as steaks or sausages in France, according to an official ordinance published Thursday. The ban, which is to enter effect on October 1, has been keenly awaited by the meat industry as a growing number of vegetable-based products hit grocery shelves. “It will no longer be possible to use terms proper to sectors traditionally associated with meat and fish to designate products not belonging to the animal kingdom,” said the text. The measure is “an essential step in favour of the transparency of information for consumer…
