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EU PARLIAMENT BACKS BAN ON ‘BURGER’, ‘STEAK’ LABELS FOR PLANT-BASED FOODS
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The EU Parliament wants only meat products such as "Burger" or "Schnitzel" to be allowed to wear. The Internet is mocking this decision and is already making proposals for alternative names in the same breath.
EU PARLIAMENT BACKS BAN ON ‘BURGER’, ‘STEAK’ LABELS FOR PLANT-BASED FOODS
Tue 14 October 2025: The European Parliament voted Wednesday to ban the use of meat-related terms including “burger” and “steak” to market plant-based foods, in a win for disgruntled farmers. EU lawmakers approved the legal proposal with 355 votes in favour and 247 against during a plenary session in Strasbourg. The text still needs to be negotiated […]
In the future, only meat products should be called "schnitzel" or "curry sausage": consumer protectors and restaurateurs criticize the planned ban of the EU as nonsense. And expensive - also for the customer.
MEPs have had to decide, in the face of one of the most heated debates in the agri-food sector.
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