git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoOatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UKwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10
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minus-squareOutdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·5 months agoThat seems silly. It’s not like peanut butter is banned from being called butter.
minus-squareChana [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 months agoIt’s monopoly capital throwing its weight around. In this case, dairy conglomerates.
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoPeanut butter has a specific exception in the law alongside a number of others. These were written by the EU though, they’ve just been continued in the UK after brexit. I think it is this law: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32013R1308
That seems silly. It’s not like peanut butter is banned from being called butter.
It’s monopoly capital throwing its weight around. In this case, dairy conglomerates.
Peanut butter has a specific exception in the law alongside a number of others. These were written by the EU though, they’ve just been continued in the UK after brexit. I think it is this law: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32013R1308