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The beleaguered veggie burger is under attack once again. The European Parliament has approved a labelling proposal that would ban the use of meaty terms — including burger, escalope, hamburger, sausage and steak — to describe plant-based foods, The Guardian reports. If successful, nondescript monikers such as “veggie discs” and “veggie tubes” could be used in their stead.

While some members of the European Parliament have claimed the decision “bears the fingerprints of the meat industry,” the French MEP who oversaw the legislation, Éric Andrieu, insists the meat lobby is not involved and that the interdiction is merely “common sense.”

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NGOs such as Greenpeace have criticized the EU’s choice to safeguard meat-related nomenclature at the expense of sustainability: The regulation passed with 80 per cent approval, according to The Guardian. “It’s obviously an attempt to attack vegetarian meat substitutes. For me, it’s number one a sign that the meat lobby is worried about a rapid change in diets, especially among young people – a lot of which is about their response to climate change,” Green MEP Molly Scott Cato told The Independent. “The meat industry is feeling the pressure of people shifting to what is basically cheaper and healthier food — namely a plant-based diet.”