Labelling

plant-based ham and salamy from Vegfather on a healthy sharing board
Blog Plant-based

Labelling roundup: while French court rules ‘meaty’ names on plant-based products do not confuse consumers, new Italian restrictions threaten home-grown producers

Elena Walden

Although it was rejected at the EU level in 2020, attempts to restrict the language used by producers to describe their plant-based meat products have continued to rumble on in a handful of national contexts. However, recent decisions in France and Belgium are cause for optimism.

cultivated meatballs and spaghetti
Blog Cultivated

Italian parliamentary hearings on cultivated meat impossible to attend for key experts

Sophie Armour

The newly formed Italian Complementary Protein Alliance, representing a cross-section of stakeholders with interests in Italy’s agri-food landscape, was unable to take part in the hearings as they only became public after the deadline for requesting participation had passed. 

Amendment 171 could ban oat milk from being sold in cartons
Blog Plant-based

Unprecedented restrictions on plant-based dairy threaten EU sustainability plans, environmentalists warn

Sophie Armour

A coalition of 21 environmental, consumer and animal welfare groups has called on the European Commission and EU member states to reject Amendment 171 – an “unprecedented” ban on plant-based dairy products displaying allergen information, being sold in cartons and using images of their own products.