France bans 'steak' and 'escalope' labels from vegetarian products

The French government issued a decree Tuesday banning the term "steak" on the label of vegetarian products, saying it was reserved for meat alone.

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What a strange thing to be pedantic about
It's even dumber than you think:

Producers elsewhere in the European Union can continue to sell vegetarian food with meat names in France.

It's so incredibly dumb it's honestly amazing.
This is so stupid and a collosal waste of time. Do they really feel people are just so stupid they can't figure their stuff out for themselves?

Also, and I cant stress this enough, they are just wrong.
No beefsteak tomatoes for you!
The politicians are trying to take away our steak!!1!
Makes sense. It's pretty weird and confusing when they sell them as meat products. Sometimes it feels like it's purposefully misleading.
ITT: Vegans with a chip on their shoulder demanding that stuff they want to buy be labelled the same as stuff they don't want to buy.

Next up: People demanding that meat be labelled cauliflower to fight fire with fire. I mean it's special meat engineered to have the texture and taste of cauliflower, why shouldn't it be labelled cauliflower?

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