Food firms urge Europe not to ban calling non-meat products \u2018sausages\u2019 <\/p>
\"A ban would mean, for example, bean burgers sold in Europe having to be relabelled as \u201cpatties\u201d or \u201cdiscs\u201d, while the Welsh breakfast staple Glamorgan sausages \u2013 made of cheese and leeks \u2013 would probably become Glamorgan \u201ctubes\u201d.\"<\/p>
https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/13\/food-firms-urge-europe-not-to-ban-calling-non-meat-products-sausages<\/a><\/p> #Food<\/a> #Vegan<\/a> #Vegetarian<\/a> #PlantBased<\/a> #MeatIndustry<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-04:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/afewbugs\/statuses\/116074618675014352","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/afewbugs\/statuses\/116074618675014352","objectType":"note","content":" Food firms urge Europe not to ban calling non-meat products \u2018sausages\u2019 <\/p> \"A ban would mean, for example, bean burgers sold in Europe having to be relabelled as \u201cpatties\u201d or \u201cdiscs\u201d, while the Welsh breakfast staple Glamorgan sausages \u2013 made of cheese and leeks \u2013 would probably become Glamorgan \u201ctubes\u201d.\"<\/p> https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/13\/food-firms-urge-europe-not-to-ban-calling-non-meat-products-sausages<\/a><\/p> #Food<\/a> #Vegan<\/a> #Vegetarian<\/a> #PlantBased<\/a> #MeatIndustry<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@afewbugs\/116074618675014352","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"meatindustry"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"plantbased"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"vegan"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"vegetarian"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-15:objectType=thread:nonce=8124583ccd17290a","notice_info":{"local_id":"12131445","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-15T21:37:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@afewbugs\/116074618675014352"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown","displayName":"Peter Brown","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-original-tmp20240314225240.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-96-20240315183847.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-48-20240314230741.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-24-20240315183847.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"58543"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-96-20240315183847.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Locally rooted businesses are the drivers of development in the Hebrides.\u2028Director of community wind company and our new community distillery, Heaval.. 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Needless to say the threshold for 'milk chocolate' in the UK is already ridiculously low.<\/p> At least they haven't (yet) resorted to adding vomit flavour to them like American Hershey bars.<\/p> https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c79x7q325p3o<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-04:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/users\/marjolica\/statuses\/116075370526267836","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/users\/marjolica\/statuses\/116075370526267836","objectType":"note","content":" @peterbrown<\/a> @afewbugs<\/a> seemingly some of these products now have so little chocolate in them they they can't be called chocolate any more. Needless to say the threshold for 'milk chocolate' in the UK is already ridiculously low.<\/p> At least they haven't (yet) resorted to adding vomit flavour to them like American Hershey bars.<\/p>
When the UK joined the EU, they relaxed the regulations to allow UK chocolate bars to continue to be sold under that name<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-04:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown\/statuses\/116075167621697505","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown\/statuses\/116075167621697505","objectType":"note","content":"
When the UK joined the EU, they relaxed the regulations to allow UK chocolate bars to continue to be sold under that name<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@peterbrown\/116075167621697505","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/afewbugs\/statuses\/116074618675014352","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@afewbugs\/116074618675014352"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/afewbugs"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-15:objectType=thread:nonce=8124583ccd17290a","notice_info":{"local_id":"12131446","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-15T21:37:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@peterbrown\/116075167621697505"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/users\/marjolica","displayName":"MarjorieR","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130108-original-tmp20240425222210.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130108-96-20240510210044.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130108-48-20240510210044.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130108-24-20240520074311.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"130108"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/130108-96-20240510210044.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Retired Operational Researcher\/Statistician\/Economist.Worked in Energy Industries\/University\/Civil Service. Most recently producing UK Energy & Emissions Projections.GNU\/Linux user since 1993 (kernel 0.99). Now on Devuan Daedalus\/Cinnamon (kernel 6.1).Rower, cyclist, dingy sailor, walker, skier.Socialist, bi, poly, she\/her.Fully paid up member of the Guardian reading, tofu eating Wokerati.","url":"https:\/\/social.linux.pizza\/@marjolica","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"marjolica","displayName":"MarjorieR","note":"Retired Operational Researcher\/Statistician\/Economist.Worked in Energy Industries\/University\/Civil Service. Most recently producing UK Energy & Emissions Projections.GNU\/Linux user since 1993 (kernel 0.99). Now on Devuan Daedalus\/Cinnamon (kernel 6.1).Rower, cyclist, dingy sailor, walker, skier.Socialist, bi, poly, she\/her.Fully paid up member of the Guardian reading, tofu eating Wokerati."}},"content":"