date:Jul 31, 2018
Frances Federal Parliament has passed new legislation banning words traditionally used to describe meat as descriptors for vegetarian options.
The ban applies to using words such as steak, sausage, burger and bacon when the food product contains no meat.
Due to the ban descriptors such as veggie burger, veggie sausage and vegetarian bacon are no longer allowed.
Those who continue to use meat descriptors on vegetarian or vegan products in France will now face fines of up the equivalent of AUD