Trade legislation

France to introduce plant-based meat naming restrictions in October

France will ban the use of meat names like ‘steak’ and ‘sausage’ for plant-based protein foods from October, according t... Read more

July 04, 2022

South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has prohibited the use of meat-like... Read more

June 28, 2022

Tofurky has secured a legal victory in Louisiana, after challenging a law that prohibited the use of terms like ‘burger’... Read more

April 01, 2022

Glebe Farm Foods has won its legal battle against Oatly after the Swedish oat milk company took it to court over tradema... Read more

August 05, 2021

EU bodies have rejected Amendment 171, the draft legislation which would have imposed new naming restrictions on the pla... Read more

May 26, 2021

Nestlé has abandoned its application to trademark the term “The Vegan Butcher”, following legal opposition from US vegan... Read more

February 19, 2021

The EU has voted to reject the ban on plant-based products using names typically associated with meat products, but is i... Read more

October 23, 2020

Nestlé has been ordered by a Dutch court to stop using the product name “Incredible Burger” following a preliminary inju... Read more

June 02, 2020