• RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    In the eu terms like butter and dairy can only be used for milk products.

    But our legaslative pendulum did swing a bit too far in the other direction (imo): terms like soja-butter and so on were also banned.

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      3 days ago

      The original intent of that bill was to ban plant-based alternatives from using commonly understood terms and phrases.

      It’s not like the EU banning phrases like “soy milk” on packaging was an unintended consequence of some kind of “common sense” law being applied where it shouldn’t be.

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          3 days ago

          When you’re at the shop can you grab some peanut margarine and coconut white liquid?

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          3 days ago

          Thanks for the comment, but I’m not at all interested in getting into that argument. Hope you have a great day though!