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Legally define a single agreed definition for ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’.

Submitted on Wednesday 4th January 2017

Published on Monday 9th January 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Signatures: 134

Petition Action

Legally define a single agreed definition for ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’.

Petition Details

Currently there is no single agreed definition for ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’. This makes it difficult to legally require food businesses to provide information on the suitability of their products for vegetarian and vegan consumers.

Additional Information

A previous petition was raised to make labeling food as vegetarian and/or vegan as a legal requirement, as many companies refuse to label their products as Vegetarian or vegan. A simple legal requirement for a label, would assist thousands of consumers to make smart choices. The government's response confirmed that no single agreed definition makes it difficult to legally require food businesses to provide labeling. A legal definition will assist in changing this.


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