• smeg@infosec.pub
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    7 天前

    Dumb ploy in favor of the meat lobby. Consumers aren’t confused, they clearly know it’s a different product than meat. Stores put it in a separate section. We have hundreds of products with non-literal names to help consumers understand what they are trying to be.

    The reality is that meat agriculture is bad for the environment, bad for public health (both individual health and for how it spreads disease), and is less shelf stable. It isn’t going anywhere, though, so stop trying to put barriers in front of better choices.

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      7 天前

      Even the picture used in the thumbnail highlights how hard it is to ‘accidentally’ purchase a veg patty over a beef patty. There’s variations in the type of meat patties available like Angus, wagyu, smash, etc. but that’s not being regulated. No one is accidentally buying ‘sparkling protein’

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        7 天前

        No one is accidentally buying ‘sparkling protein’

        Obviously, true Hamburgers can only be made from humans born and raised within the Hamburg city limits.