The EU Council’s decision to ban ‘meaty’ labels from plant-based products was announced on the same day it green-lit a bold ...

The restricted list includes terms such as “chicken” and “pork”, as well as cut-related descriptors like “drumstick”.

31 meat-related names to describe vegetarian and vegan products set to go - but 'veggie burgers' and 'meat-free sausages' will remain on the table ...

EU lawmakers have agreed to ban a range of meat-related names on vegetarian and vegan products in a move aimed at protecting ...

While Brussels bans meat-related terms such as ‘steak’ and ‘bacon’ to market plant-based food, veggie ‘burgers’ and ‘sausage’ avoid the chop ...

EU negotiators agree restrictions on animal-related names for plant-based foods, preserving “burger” and “sausage” but banning dozens of others.

Under the new agreement, 31 animal-associated words including 'chicken', 'beef' or 'pork' and cuts terms like 'breast', ...

The ban was agreed on as part of a broad-ranging package of new measures to protect farmers.

A compromise on these names was reached on Thursday with strong support from France's livestock and meat industry. The ban is still to be put to a vote in Parliament and the EU 27 member states.