Seems like a relatively pro-consumer policy for so many people to be upset about it. They’re not banning Beyond burgers or mushroom steak. It’s still going to taste the same and have the same distribution network.
They just have to alter the label. In the US a “slider”, “whopper”, “quarter pounder”, and “baconator” are among the most popular burgers and not one of them needs the word burger in it’s marketing.
Sure, it’s not really solving a problem, but it’s ensuring more informative labeling. Proprietary phone charging cables weren’t a real problem either, but it felt like everyone was glad when the EU standardized it.
I’m really glad that we don’t have more serious problems to deal, than this.
I’d argue that if a hamburger is not made in Hamburg, it should not be able to be named anything better than “sparkling patty disher”
“Steek and Bergers”?
Good to see the parliament tackling the most pressing issues.
Good only cucumber shaped meats can be called sausage!
The gods knows the horrors that would fall upon humanity if plant based foods could be called the same as plant shaped meats.
I’m a meat eater and I don’t even see much point in this ruling. Basically all the plant-based steak or burger alternatives I’ve seen have been clearly labeled as such. Stores usually separate them from meat-based products anyway, so that vegans and vegetarians could more easily find what they’re looking for.
How quickly Lemmy turns on the EU when they do something you don’t like. “Vegan burger” doesn’t tell me what’s in it. Could be fucking sawdust.
Cause the world isnt burning and you can spend time to worry about this shite
So annoying, how is calling vegan meat misleading??? It’s fricking handy!!! I just want to know the vegan or vegetarian alternative for bacon in my meal… How the hell do I know if these shredded soy pieces, extra salt, or pink broccoli smoky tempeh taste like bacon?
Overpaid morons. You could put them out of work right now and it would only be beneficial.
Sausage will always remain a form. It is even more apparent in German you dumb Kackwürste.
Haha yeah awesome real problems getting solved by serious politicians here, guys! If you can actually get your hands on any real meat without paying an arm and a leg for it what the actual fuck are we doing here lads what the fuck are these fucking politicians doing???
The world is on fire, the economy is in the shitter globally, there are multiple ongoing genocides, facism is on the rise again, and we’re wiggling our dicks around talking about whether you can call veggie burgers “burgers”? Are you serious? WHO CARES???
Is this bring your kid to work day and they let the kids do a vote for a change instead as a treat? Is this a joke?? What motherfucker is getting into politics to make sure “hey those damn vegans better not call anything a burger”.
These poncy little briefcase-botherers need a hobby or something because this is absolutely the biggest case of dicking around on the job I’ve ever heard of. Ridiculous. Stupid. A joke. Pathetic. Childish. Vapid. Can we get some adults in the EU Parliament please?
Or.
We could tackle multiple problems at once. Why does it have to be a this-or-that thing?
I’m totally in favour of solving multiple problems at once.
Personally, I do not view this as a problem. My issue is with the EU Parliament wasting time with this in place of anything that I perceive as an actual problem.
If you think that calling veggie burgers “burgers” is a problem worth their time and effort, more power to you 👍
To me this is also a non problem. But if they can solve it just so they can move on, that’d be great
Voting the way an industry told them to vote is not solving anything. Shouldn’t have been considered worthy of a vote at all.
This is in a very literal way not a problem though. They were just bribed by the meat industry.
Because resources must be prioritized. There simply are more pressing matters to tend to.
This is a non-issue and should have the lowest priority as it’s pandering to a lobby and will likely result in backfiring because more creative names will pop up, possibly leading to even more acceptance of vegan products 😁
Honestly, coming up with a better name would be great. It would likely help the vegan products as well
I’m paying 50% income taxes to pay for a bunch of cronies to chitchat about this bullcrap. Meanwhile they just scraped the money to shelter homeless people during winter
why are they doing this shit when there are so many problems in the world?
because they already participated in those problems.
In reality, it’s because the farming lobby is the biggest lobby inside the EU. This is an easy “win” that MEPs can use to get beef farmers to vote for them again.
Same reason CAP will never be reformed.
Welcome to the European Union. Solving non-issues is what they do all day.
IIRC they suggested “tube” instead of “sausage”. So I guess we are now renaming them to tube dogs.
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Cool still not buying dead animal
This is what seems crazy to me, surely no one is changing what they buy based on this and who is really so dumb that they were confused by the vegan sausage not containing meat?
And even if, no one dies of eating a vegan sausage by mistake.
Not true. I made my racist uncle eat a vegan sausage once and he was almost offended to death
