cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50562993

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.

  • chaosCruiser
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    Imagine if the term hamburger was under the protected designation of origin, just like feta cheese and champagne. You couldn’t produce hamburgers anywhere besides Hamburg. The rest of the world would have to call them something else, like beef sandwiches.

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      Only sandwiches made by by the Earl of Sandwich are allowed to be called sandwiches. Y’all just eating savory bread cake.