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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.
“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.
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.
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.