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Having initially voted in favour of banning descriptive terms such as ‘buttery’ and ‘creamy’ for dairy-free products, the European Parliament has dropped Amendment 171.
By Henry Sandercock2021-05-26T11:57:00+01:00
EU law will still prohibit plant-based suppliers from using terms such as ‘milk’, ‘butter’ or ‘yoghurt’ on their products
The plant-based industry has welcomed an EU decision to scrap a potential law that would have further restricted its use of dairy-related terminology and marketing terms.
Amendment 171, legislation brought forward by the EU Parliament in October 2020 for consideration by the EU Council and Commission, was withdrawn last Friday (21 May) after a trilogue between the EU Parliament, Council and Commission.
This decision came in the face of major opposition to the proposed law, not only from plant-based suppliers, but also from consumers. At the time of writing, more than 456,000 people had signed a petition calling for the legislation to be scrapped.
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As talks on the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) approach crunch time, EURACTIV spoke with Renew Europe’s Ulrike Müller, rapporteur on the CAP horizontal regulation, to hear her take on the current state of play and her expectations for next week’s discussions between the Parliament, Council, and the Commission.
The future of the CAP for us is clear, we want to go from the compliance system to a performance-based system. What is absolutely important for us is the environmental aspects such as the eco schemes and green investments, and the possibility to give money to young farmers.