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Sunshine (she/her) to Vegan@slrpnk.netEnglish • 2 months ago

Swiss Supreme Court Bans Animal-Specific Terms on Vegan Product Labels

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Sunshine (she/her) to Vegan@slrpnk.netEnglish • 2 months ago
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Swiss Supreme Court Bans Animal-Specific Terms on Vegan Product Labels - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
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Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court has issued a final ruling that prohibits the use of animal-derived terms such as “chicken” and “pork” on the labels of
  • @FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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    They did this in Germany! Oat milk can’t legally be called “milk”, so it’s instead “oat drink”.

    • Stern
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      That seems ridiculous to me considering coconut milk has been called as such since the 1700s and I haven’t seen a coconuts nipples.

      • @Railcar8095@lemm.ee
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        Happy now?

        • @november@lemmy.vg
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          I am not!

      • @FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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        It absolutely is, especially since there are products with “milk” in their name that aren’t edible (e.g. “Scheuermilch”, apparently scouring cream in English). It’s nothing but populism and lobbying.

      • @Dasus@lemmy.world
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        And almond milk is almost 1000 years old, and Middle-English called it “almonde mylk”

        https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/almond_milk

        So yeah, Big Dairy propaganda

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