The European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (AGRI) has voted to amend the legislation that affects the European Union’s Single Market Organisation rules for agricultural products, Politico reports.
The changes to the rules mainly affect contracts, with the aim of strengthening farmers’ positions in supply chains. However, the tripartite compromise also includes a ban on the use of several meat-related terms in advertising plant-based products or meat grown in a lab. This largely obscures the technical nuances of the document.
The terms that will be banned from use for plant-based products do not include the more controversial ones,
such as “burger” and “sausages”. At the same time, the new rules prohibit the use of more specific terms for plant-based products, such as “bacon” and “steak.” The amendments were approved by 39 votes to 4, with one abstention. The text of the document will then be put to a vote in the EP.
The Special Committee on Agriculture, which brings together agricultural experts from EU member states, has already approved the amendments. The European Council is expected to formally adopt them in the summer.
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