WORLD DAIRY NEWS PR firm to fight ban on vegan brands using dairy terms
Food sector public relations firm Palm PR has launched a campaign which aims to stop new guidance effectively banning the use of dairy-based terms on dairy alternatives. The Grocer reported in May that new draft guidance from the Food Standards & Information Focus Group was being prepared to help Trading Standards officers interpret and enforce […]
No coercive action for using dairy terms by Plant based products Cos : HC
The Delhi High Court Friday protected five companies selling plant-based milk products, such as almond and oats milk, from any coercive steps pursuant to FSSAI orders directing action against them, including de-listing by e-commerce food business operators, if they used “dairy terms” for their goods. Justice Rekha Palli, who was hearing a batch of petitions […]
E-commerce sites to delist plant-based products with dairy terms-FSSAI
FSSAI is in receipt of a complaint dated 01.03.2021 from National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI) vide which specific instances of alleged violations of the use of dairy terminology for non-dairy or plant based products as mentioned in the complaint, have been brought to the notice of this office. In this regard, it may […]
Right to use the dairy terms may not be significant to the Vegan industry
The Indian Dairy Industry is not the first, and this is not the first time that there has been a call for a ban on using Dairy terms (milk, cheese, yogurt etc.) for Vegan alternatives derived from oats, almonds, soya, coconut etc. This debate, and the move towards restrictions to the Vegan substitutes industry has […]
