Plant-based protein products may soon no longer be called “steak“, “slices of bacon” or “sausage“According to the decree published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, which has been eagerly awaited and welcomed by the animal sectors.
“It will not be possible to use the terminology traditionally associated with meat and fish to refer to non-animal products.– says the text. The decree, which will enter into force on October 1, 2022, however, allows the marketing of “manufactured or labeled food” until this date until December 31, 2023. The text was expectedfor several years” and makes “a significant step towards the transparency of consumer information and the preservation of our products and know-how“Welcome Jean-Francois Guihart, president of Interbev, the interprofessional association of livestock and meat.
Animal fields welcome this text
From the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA) to the Poultry Specialists, all the major trade unions in the animal sectors welcome this text, but ask the government:bring the file to Brussels to extend the scope of application to all products, regardless of their origin“, says the joint press release. The published decree states that the goods “legally produced or marketed in another member state of the European Union or in Turkey, or legally produced in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, are not subject to the requirements of this decree.“.
Pork industry experts believe that this decision only “the first step in protecting the traditional names of meat recipes“In France, and that it will be necessary.”extend this measure at the European level“. Pig interprofessionalism also believes that the law should also “protect animal names from artificial synthetic foods“, or “meatabout “say”.laboratory“, obtained by the cultivation of animal cells, but also microbial or fungal proteins. On the contrary, the National Plant-Based Food Observatory (ONAV) regrets that the decree “It puts France in a conservative position against the current problems and the European policy on these issues“.
In the European Union, the designation of plant products with terms traditionally reserved for animal meat is allowed, with the exception of products made from animal milk. For example, it is not possible to use the word “”.yogurt“where”cheese» for plant imitation.
Source: Le Figaro
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