Legally Defined Vegan Products

Vegan groups in the UK are attempting to have items labeled Vegan fall under similar laws to those stated as Organic.  The article from PRLeap.com says:

As part of a number of initiatives for World Vegan Day, 1st November, Vegans are calling upon the UK Government to draw up a framework using the model of the ‘Organic’ standard and The Indian Government’s experiences to create a legal definition for ‘vegan’ and ‘vegetarian’

“Unless a product has The Vegan Society or Vegetarian Trademark on it, and thus protected by Trading standards laws to comply with a set criteria, the consumer currently has no real legal protection that something labeled as vegan truly is” warns author of ‘ Vegan’ Tony Bishop-Weston.

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