11 Apr 2024 --- A South African court has ruled against a government plan to seize plant-based products from supermarket shelves if they use “meat-like” names on the labels such as “nuggets,” “burgers” or “sausage.” There has been a two-year court interdict in place to temporarily prevent any seizures thus far, but the nomenclature disagreement was not fully resolved until now. The Johannesburg High Court decision means plant-based alternatives with “meat-like” names will securely remain in South African stores, retaining their present naming and labeling conventions.
