EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
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Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#2Double-plus good.
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Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#3Food safety and food traditions protections is one of the few areas in which EU are actually good.
Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#4Food safety and food traditions protections is one of the few areas in which EU are actually good.
Unsure what either of those have to do with this law
Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#5Some food labelling is misleading. One example I have seen ist (small) "veggie" (big) "CRISPY CHICKEN".
But burger? Sure, burgers are often beef, but there have always been other kinds. "Chicken burger", "crab burger", so why not "veggie burger".
The EU likes making regulations, to the point that they are killing their own industry
Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#6Food safety and food traditions protections is one of the few areas in which EU are actually good.
Unsure what either of those have to do with this law
Hamburger is somewhat traditional food. So it makes sense to be regulated as such - to not be able to name any crap hamburger, but only specific crap hamburger. One that is beef patty inside a bun. Having a animal derived patty by grinding is essential part of some item being called hamburger.
Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#7They'll be coming for the sausage next
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=yes+minister+euro+sausage&ia=...
Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unsure what either of those have to do with this law
Hamburger is somewhat traditional food. So it makes sense to be regulated as such - to not be able to name any crap hamburger, but only specific crap hamburger. One that is beef patty inside a bun. Having a animal derived patty by grinding is essential part of some item being called hamburger.
I realize this may be satire (Poe's law and all). But I disagree 'hamburger' should get protected status, in anything except the exact quotation without clear prefix/suffix. "Vegetarian Hamburger" (in near-equal font pt) should be fine, Veggie-burger shouldn't even be up for debate imo.
If fine-print is confusing consumers maybe we should improve our labeling standards rather than protecting a food category not in need of protection.
Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unsure what either of those have to do with this law
Hamburger is somewhat traditional food. So it makes sense to be regulated as such - to not be able to name any crap hamburger, but only specific crap hamburger. One that is beef patty inside a bun. Having a animal derived patty by grinding is essential part of some item being called hamburger.
I think that's reasonable regarding expectations, but the flip side is you can't make a vegan patty and call it 'vegan burger like patty'.
The discussed regulation smells heavily of measures to protect the meat industry rather than the consumer who is absolutely able to discern between the classic and vegetarian alternatives.
Re: EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'
#10Some food labelling is misleading. One example I have seen ist (small) "veggie" (big) "CRISPY CHICKEN". But burger? Sure, burgers are often beef, but there have always been other kinds. "Chicken burger", "crab burger", so why not "veggie burger". The EU likes making regulations, to the point that they are killing their own industry
The problem is that on the packaging Burger will be written with huge letters and then vegan is metioned somewhere in a corner. I bought cheese that was not cheese :)) Imagine my disappointment.