Trade legislation

Italy bans meat-related terms on plant-based products

The Italian Chamber of Deputies has this week passed a law banning the use of meat-related names, such as ‘salami’ or ‘s... Read more

November 17, 2023

The Danish government has published an ‘Action Plan for Plant-Based Foods’, aiming to strengthen Denmark’s potential in... Read more

October 17, 2023

A new report from the Good Food Institute (GFI) has called for the UK government to invest £390 million in alternative m... Read more

September 01, 2023

Businesses within the plant-based and dairy sector have submitted comments to the US FDA’s labelling guidance for plant-... Read more

August 07, 2023

UK plant-based businesses are petitioning Trading Standards to drop guidelines that would prevent vegan brands from usin... Read more

July 12, 2023

Meat alternatives company Quorn has become a fully-paid up member of the UK Plant-Based Food Alliance (PBFA). Read more

June 28, 2023

Members of the EU Parliament have voted not to include plant-based drinks in schools, in a “significant blow” to childre... Read more

May 16, 2023

France will ban the use of meat names like ‘steak’ and ‘sausage’ for plant-based protein foods from October, according t... Read more

July 04, 2022

South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has prohibited the use of meat-like... Read more

June 28, 2022

Tofurky has secured a legal victory in Louisiana, after challenging a law that prohibited the use of terms like ‘burger’... Read more

April 01, 2022