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Most people in the comments are overreacting. Nothing is banned, just the right to name your product meat if it's not.

I wish they'd ban the name "coronation chickpea" here.

I'm guessing they're trying to distract people from the fact that they're cutting back sustainability laws even further.

"Celine Imart, the French member of the parliament who led the initiative..."

Of course it was French-led!

Well I think this law could be fine, depending on how far exactly it goes. I don't really think it's appropriate to call vegetarian products "bacon" or "steak", however "burger" is already generic enough (you can have a beef burger, chicken burger, or veggie burger). In the article image, it says "cooks like ground beef" which should also be ok. A "pattie" is also not necessarily a specific type of meat. Hell, I even take offense at "turkey bacon" - the point is that it is intentionally misleading.

Damn I better go stockpile pea-based mince(d meat).

(If you haven't tried it before, seriously, do. There's so many (traditional) recipes with minced meat for which this is a 1:1 replacement, it opens up an entire new world of cooking for vegetarian/vegan kitchens.)

Imagine people ordering a "lentil burger", "soy burger", "plant burger", "bean burger", or "chickpea burger", and receiving a vegan meal.

Can you imagine how shocked and deceived, perhaps even violated they may feel? The horror!

Luckily the European Christian Democrats protected European citizens from this huge and common problem instead of, oh I dunno, helping European industry with the energy transition or end a genocide. They have their priorities straight here.

Or maybe, just maybe, this is another attempt by a panicked industry to slow down the transition to a slightly less cruel food production system and these politicians are earning some side money?

EDITED for tastefulness of words. The only words I changed are the only ones that OP quoted and responded to below. The rest of the message was ignored. I actually learned a valuable lesson today, thanks Felix!

Meat lobbyists forcing regulations on products that threaten the meat industry.

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

When has “burger” or “steak” ever exclusively meant meat from an animal? This sounds like political corruption to me. Somebody is getting paid for turning this linguistic gaslighting into law.

A “burger” has always been a mince patty of any kind and a “steak” is a thick slab of something. The default assumption may be meat, but it has never been exclusive.

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OP appears to have a serious problem accepting facts. It’s disappointing given the number of upvotes Voyager shows for them. I suppose nobody is perfect.

You expect this from Texas but are shocked and disappointed when it's the EU.

now i can't get dino nuggies cause there's no dinosaurs in them :(

It seems the meat lobby is way too strong. 🙄

Fuck the meat lobby. Plant meat is the real deal!

What a wasteful non issue. Then again, wastefulness suits the meat industry and it's lobby very well