{"id":249506,"date":"2024-04-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/as-france-reverses-course-on-vegan-labeling-ban-3-meaty-french-meat-companies-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:17","slug":"as-france-reverses-course-on-vegan-labeling-ban-3-meaty-french-meat-companies-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/as-france-reverses-course-on-vegan-labeling-ban-3-meaty-french-meat-companies-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"As France Reverses Course on Vegan Labeling Ban, 3 Meaty French Meat Companies to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Between its champagne and fromage, France is a stickler when it comes to food naming conventions and origins. But the growing plant-based movement has challenged its knee-jerk reaction to banning traditional \u201cmeaty\u201d names on vegan products.<\/p>\n<p>This May, France was initially set to ban the use of 21 such words, including \u201csteak\u201d and \u201cham,\u201d on plant-based meat products. Violating this law would result in a fine of up to \u20ac7,500 ($7,999) per use. However, France\u2019s highest court, the Conseil d\u2019Etat, recently reversed this ban, citing that it would negatively impact specific businesses disproportionately, such as those that exclusively make vegan bacon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"credit\">La Vie<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article-link\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <span>Will France\u2019s Ban on \u201cMeat\u201d Terms on Plant-Based Products Hurt the Industry? Here\u2019s What 3 Experts Have to Say<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These types of bans have been championed by meat industry lobbies in other countries,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/2024\/4\/france-vegan-labeling-ban-meat-companies\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at vegnews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between its champagne and fromage, France is a stickler when it comes to food naming conventions and origins. But the growing plant-based movement has challenged its knee-jerk reaction to banning traditional \u201cmeaty\u201d names on vegan products. 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