NotCo appeals lawsuit against its trademark NotMilk

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BREAKING! DAIRY LOBBY’S AMENDMENT 171 IS REJECTED BY THE EU PARLIAMENT

News just in from the GFI reveals that the EU has rejected plans for unprecedented restrictions on plant-based dairy. EU leaders have dropped plans to impose new restrictions on plant-based dairy products, which could have banned them from displaying allergen information, being sold in cartons and using images of their own products. Terms such as “milk” and “yogurt” are still forbidden.

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Amendment 171: Hearings Begin Tomorrow to Decide Fate of Plant-Based Dairy

Climate-hostile Amendment 171, which aims to censor plant-based alternatives to dairy products, will be debated from Wednesday 21 April. If the Amendment is passed, phrases such as “creamy” or “like milk” would be banned on packaging, similar packaging such as cartons will be forbidden, and it would even be illegal to refer to scientific data showing that a dairy alternative is more climate friendly. Tomorrow, the European Parliament, Commission and Council of Ministers begin trilogue negotiation, where topics under Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (CMO) will be considered. The Amendment was never subject to the normal process of public scrutiny via an impact assessment or open consultation. In the lead up to discussions, a public petition opposing the move, spearheaded by ProVeg, Upfield and …

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Greenpeace, Foodwatch, WWF and other NGOs Protest EU’s Proposed Vegan Dairy Restrictions

This week, 21 NGOs sent a letter sharply critical of Amendment 171, which will soon be discussed in the trialogue between the Council, the Commission and the EU Parliament. In future, the proposed measures will forbid the use of pictures (such as a glass of oat milk) or words (alternative to …) on oat milk packaging that are reminiscent of milk; to draw comparisons with milk (such as its compared footprint – causes 75% less CO2 than cow’s milk) or even to use packaging that is reminiscent of milk. Must oat milk then be sold in detergent bottles? The protection of designations is to be tightened in order to limit the risk of confusion between oat milk and cow’s milk, but so far, not a …

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