2oceansvibe News | South African and international news

Sponsored by RSAWeb rss
2ov Radio
  • Home
  • About
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Seth Rotherham
  • du Cap Collection
  • Café du Cap
  • Cabine du Cap
  • Media Packs / Advertising
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • Anonymous Tips
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
Seth Rotherham
  • Veggie Steaks And Burgers Banned In France

    23 Apr 2018 by Jasmine Stone in Food, France, Health, Lifestyle
    Related Posts
    • Egypt's Oldest Mummy Found 'Covered In Gold'
    • Succession Season 4 TEASER: Logan Roy's Kids Take On Media Mogul AGAIN [Video]
    • Michael Schumacher's Friend Tried To Sell Secret Pic's For £1million
    • Checkers Is Trying To Lure Expats Back To SA By Proving Life Is Better Here
    • Protect Your Crowning Glory With These Phenomenal Hair Loss Treatments

    That above is a black bean veggie burger – doesn’t look half bad, right? Anyway, off to France.

    They’ve drawn a line in the sand, and that line is sure to piss off vegans. French MPs have now passed a law that bans the “use of animal-derived descriptions for veggie and vegan products”, which means you can kiss the likes of vegan cheese and veggie sausages goodbye.

    At least in name, because that’s what all the fuss is about.

    The ban was voted in last Thursday, with this below via Huff Post:

    On Thursday MPs voted to ban terms including “bacon”, “steak”, “sausage” and “cheese” where the product has not come from an animal, on the grounds they can be “misleading” to consumers.

    Instead, vegan and veggie manufacturers will have to get creative with their product naming, or risk a whopping €300,000 (approx R4,5-million) fine for breaking the law – ouch…

    The ban in France was proposed by MP and farmer Jean-Baptiste Moreau, who apparently takes his foodstuffs very seriously. He tweeted on Thursday to say the move would “better inform” consumers, adding: “Our products must be given correctly: the terms of #cheese or #steak will be reserved for animal products.”

    This from a country that eats snails and frog legs, mind you.

    I guess there’s good news for vegans – they’ll still be able to buy veggie steaks and burgers, but they’ll just be labelled differently.

    Here’s something from reporter and vegetarian Sophie Gallagher that might irk a few people:

    …”if people have given up meat because they don’t like the idea of eating animals, then equating it to a steak seems a bit backwards”.

    “Fundamentally all this marketing of vegetables as burgers and steaks achieves is allowing companies to charge more money for what is essentially just a grilled vegetable that you could buy for 10% of the price in the vegetable aisle,” she added.

    That brings to mind the infamous Marks and Spencer incident from earlier this year, where the UK was up in arms about a “cauliflower steak”.

    What might that be? Well, it was a slice of grilled cauliflower with some herbs wrapped in plastic, which was flogged to consumers for £2 a pop.

    You can read more about that incident here.

    I would say that any attempts to ban calling things ‘vegan cheese’ or ‘vegan burger’ here in Cape Town would be met with riots along Bree Street.

    [source:huffpost]

    • ← CNN Corners Kellyanne Conway – She Freaks [Video]
    • Surgery-Free 41-Year-Old Woman Gets Mistaken For 20-Year-Old →
    • Tweet

    Latest News

    • Egypt’s Oldest Mummy Found ‘Covered In Gold’

      [imagesource:twitter/enca] After nearly a year-long excavation, Egyptian archaeologists...

    • Succession Season 4 TEASER: Logan Roy’s Kids Take On Media Mogul AGAIN [Video]

      [imagesource:twitter] Fans of the hit HBO series Succession are in for a treat. HBO has...

    • Michael Schumacher’s Friend Tried To Sell Secret Pic’s For £1million

      [imagesource:wikicommons] According to an article in Express, a friend of Michael Schum...

    • Checkers Is Trying To Lure Expats Back To SA By Proving Life Is Better Here

      [imagesource:shopriteholdings] Retail giant Checkers have launched a series of adverts ...

    • Protect Your Crowning Glory With These Phenomenal Hair Loss Treatments

      [imagesource: Everyday Health] The average human scalp contains about 100 000 hairs and...


    • 2oceansvibe Partners

    • CONTACT US
    • GOT A HOT STORY?
    • 2oceansvibe Radio
    • 2oceansvibe Media
    • Media Pack
    • Seth Rotherham
    • Café du Cap
    • Cabine du Cap
    • Cape Town City Accommodation
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Business
    • Media
    • Entertainment
    • Tech/Sci
    • World
    • Travel
    • Lifestyle
    • Sport
    • Politics
  • Follow

    2oceansvibe.com is part of the 2oceansVibe Media Group

    DMMA Logo