Food firms urge Europe not to ban calling non-meat products ‘sausages’
"A ban would mean, for example, bean burgers sold in Europe having to be relabelled as “patties” or “discs”, while the Welsh breakfast staple Glamorgan sausages – made of cheese and leeks – would probably become Glamorgan “tubes”."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/13/food-firms-urge-europe-not-to-ban-calling-non-meat-products-sausages
#Food #Vegan #Vegetarian #PlantBased #MeatIndustry
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