The last 2 months have been disruptive for the plant-based sector in South Africa, with the regulator promising to clamp down on all meat analogue products being sold with names such as burgers and sausages, which according to R1283 are reserved only for meat products.The notice sent out by the Assignee on 16 August this year, advising that seizures would commence, was quashed by a ruling from the Johannesburg High Court, following an application from the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa. This interdict prevents the Food Safety Agency (Pty) Ltd and the Minister of the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development from proceeding with any actionfor now at least.Join us as we chat to legal eagle Janusz Luterek of Hahn & Hahn on what the interdict means for plant-based producers and manufacturers, how much time this will provide the sector, and how he sees this playing out.We will also hear from Donovan Will of ProVeg South Africa, on what effect this has had on the organisations members, if there has been a move towards changing product labelling so far, and what they feel would be the best outcome for plant-based companies.
