This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 16 October 2020
Meat Lobby on an EU Rampage?
The Meat Lobby is reportedly vigorously campaigning for the EU parliament to insist that any food item labelled 'steak, sausage, escalope or burger' must contain meat, rather than plant products (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/16/eu-ban-veggie-burger-label-parliament-vote-meat). Although there are already bans on plant-based alternatives calling themselves 'milk, cream, butter or yoghourt', they also want any description, likening the veggie products to dairy, outlawed. So vendors would not be allowed to used terms such as 'style','imitating' or even 'substitute'. They claim that the public is being 'misled'. Other people have pointed out that the public know exactly what they are doing when they opt for a meat or dairy-free alternative. They also point out that the EU is currently trying to convince the public to eat less meat. This is to benefit their health and to reduce the 'greenhouse gas' emissions that drive climate change. I do think it's a little odd to want your veggie alternative to look like a meat or a dairy product but I really can't see that it causes any harm, except to meat sales. This is clearly a commercially-driven campaign.
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