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France bans the sale of vegetable products under meat names

As of October 1, it will no longer be possible to sell vegetable products under the denomination of meat products.

According to Decree No. 2022-947 of June 29, 2022 on the use of certain names designating foods containing vegetable proteins, the use of names designating products of animal origin and foods containing them to describe, market, or promote foods incorporating vegetable proteins will be prohibited.

The text covers products incorporating vegetable proteins specially formulated for technological or nutritional purposes and/or ingredients of non-animal origin containing a non-negligible protein content. Thus, it will not be possible to use the terminology of the sectors traditionally associated with meat and fish to designate products that do not belong to the animal kingdom and which, in essence, are not comparable.