RECENT decisions by France and South Africa to ban the use of meat-related terms on plant-based protein items has prompted a call for Australia to follow suit.
The issue was front and centre of a senate inquiry last year, which came back with nine recommendations – including mandatory food labelling requirements on plant-based protein items and a far-reaching review of Australia’s food standards regulator.
With the review falling before the Federal election, the recommendations have not been enacted. However, Labor made an election promise to “deliver accurate and clear food…
