The Chamber of Deputies approved the Bill “that modifies the Sanitary Code, to define the concept of meat and prohibit giving that denomination to products that are not of animal origin”.

Now the bill will pass to the Senate where it will begin its last instance of discussion to become a law.

This legislation includes a clause that states that “the names associated with products of animal origin, such as ‘hamburger’, ‘chorizo’, ‘sausage’, ‘sausage’, ‘jerky’, among others, cannot be used to describe, promote or market food products that contain a greater proportion of vegetable matter than meat”.