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Where I live in the EU, a product cannot legally be labeled as cheese if it does not meet the official definition of cheese, which includes being made from milk

Where I live in the EU, a product cannot legally be labeled as cheese if it does not meet the official definition of cheese, which includes being made from milk. We also have lots of vegan "cheese" type products with funny names like "Keese" and "Cheez" and some are pretty good. I like keeping the names clear because no one gets confused and buys the wrong thing.

rusk 5y ago
Em nope? There was a case brought by the farmers to try and outlaw this labelling but the case is still ongoing, if not thrown out already ... Maybe it’s the case in Your Country but it’s far from being a pan European thing.
- fooblat 5y ago
  Em yes! "The European Parliament has voted in favour of an amendment (no.171) which would place further restrictions on the use of dairy food labels for plant-based products. The use of dairy terms, such as "cheese", "yoghurt" and "milk", for non-dairy products is already banned within the EU, following a decision by the CJEU in 2017, however, under the new amendment, these restrictions would go one step further by also prohibiting terms that liken plant-based products to dairy, eg "yoghurt-style", "butter alternative" or "cheese substitute"."[0] 0. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=588638a6-879c-446e-bd94-8eb8e7077ff1 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=588638a6-879c...
  - rusk 5y ago
    Apologies that’s a new one on me I guess it hasn’t made it to my neck of the woods yet! I don’t think the similar effort around meats has gone so well ... EDIT still ongoing and not yet legislated you can still buy “vegan cheese” for now https://m.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/amendment-171-34-politicians-protest-plant-based-dairy-censorship-in-european-parliament.html https://m.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/amendment-171-34-pol... It’s interesting that your jurisdiction is so proactive in this area!
    - freeflight 5y ago
      > Amendment 171: 34 politicians protest plant-based dairy censorship in European Parliament Between that title, and it having been posted on April the 1st, I find it difficult to take that article serious.
      - rusk 5y ago
        Well you can go look up literally any other recent article on the topic.
stonesweep 5y ago
In the US it's the same, the FDA has regulations and all the (not real cheese) items have either a funny name ("cheeze") or have something like "imitation cheese product" or "cheese food product" (I've seen a number of different labels over my life) to indicate it's not real (milk) cheese. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=133 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFR...

rusk 5y ago

Em nope? There was a case brought by the farmers to try and outlaw this labelling but the case is still ongoing, if not thrown out already ... Maybe it’s the case in Your Country but it’s far from being a pan European thing.

fooblat 5y ago
Em yes! "The European Parliament has voted in favour of an amendment (no.171) which would place further restrictions on the use of dairy food labels for plant-based products. The use of dairy terms, such as "cheese", "yoghurt" and "milk", for non-dairy products is already banned within the EU, following a decision by the CJEU in 2017, however, under the new amendment, these restrictions would go one step further by also prohibiting terms that liken plant-based products to dairy, eg "yoghurt-style", "butter alternative" or "cheese substitute"."[0] 0. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=588638a6-879c-446e-bd94-8eb8e7077ff1 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=588638a6-879c...
- rusk 5y ago
  Apologies that’s a new one on me I guess it hasn’t made it to my neck of the woods yet! I don’t think the similar effort around meats has gone so well ... EDIT still ongoing and not yet legislated you can still buy “vegan cheese” for now https://m.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/amendment-171-34-politicians-protest-plant-based-dairy-censorship-in-european-parliament.html https://m.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/amendment-171-34-pol... It’s interesting that your jurisdiction is so proactive in this area!
  - freeflight 5y ago
    > Amendment 171: 34 politicians protest plant-based dairy censorship in European Parliament Between that title, and it having been posted on April the 1st, I find it difficult to take that article serious.
    - rusk 5y ago
      Well you can go look up literally any other recent article on the topic.

stonesweep 5y ago

In the US it's the same, the FDA has regulations and all the (not real cheese) items have either a funny name ("cheeze") or have something like "imitation cheese product" or "cheese food product" (I've seen a number of different labels over my life) to indicate it's not real (milk) cheese. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=133 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFR...