LISTEN : Why are plant-based products names' complex?
In the #NewsExtended segment on The Drive with Rob & Roz, we unpack plant-based products.
Two months ago, the Department of Agriculture was not backing down from a potentially problematic issue. This debate centered around the potential for labeling processed meats to become complicated by plant-based and vegetarian meat substitutes such as vegan biltong, plant-based meatballs, and vegan nuggets.
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Janusz Luterek, an attorney and partner at Hahn & Hahn Attorneys, said that the department's naming concerns have reached an absurd level despite the fact that both vegans and vegetarians have given up meat but continue to consume goods that resemble meat.
Luterek said, "Although their mandate is product integrity, [the department] has gone too far... if one simply looks at the Oxford dictionary or the Merriam-Webster, you'll see a lot of these words actually are shape definitions. They define a form of a product, rather than its contents."
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In the #NewsExtended segment news anchor Christelle du Toit and the rest of the team looked at why plant-based products have their own set of regulations. Have a listen to the full podcasts:
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