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    The European Parliament will allow vegetarian meat alternatives, like the Impossible Burger, to retain meat-like names.
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    Veggie Burgers Can Be Called Burgers, European Parliament Says

    Oct 23, 2020
    Despite pushback from Europe's largest farmer's association, the Parliament will allow vegetarian meat alternatives to use meat-like terms, including burger and steak.
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    The Salt
    The European Court of Justice ruled this week that genetic engineering methods - such as the use of certain applications of the gene cutter CRISPR - should be regulated as genetically engineered foods.
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    Europe Deals A Blow To CRISPR Technology, U.S. Approves 'Bleeding' Veggie Burger

    Aug 04, 2018
    A European court tightens rules on genetically engineered foods while the U.S. approves a "bleeding" veggie burger that relies on gene editing, sending mixed messages to the industry and consumers.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
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    What Do Hamburgers Have To Do With Gender?

    Apr 05, 2018
    Meat and veggie burgers evolved together in the 20th century, but when it comes to associations with gender, their histories diverge. Anthropologist Barbara J. King explores a new book on the topic.
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    The Salt
    Today, veggie burgers are engineered to be more like meat than could have been conceived in the basement health-food stores of the 1980s or the sanitariums of a century prior.
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    The Rise Of Mock Meat: How Its Story Reflects America's Ever-Changing Values

    Sep 02, 2017
    Summer's coming to an end, and whether for health or ethical reasons, more people are flipping veggie burgers — which have come a long way since the sanitarium-created concoctions of the 19th century.
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    The Salt
    Ashley Kleckner of Impossible Foods demonstrates to chef Brad Farmerie how the Impossible Burger is assembled.
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    Saving The Planet, One Burger At A Time: This Juicy Patty Is Meat-Free

    Feb 11, 2017
    Pat Brown was a renowned biomedical researcher. But he left that to tackle what he saw as the biggest problem facing Earth: animal agriculture. His solution: a veggie burger so beef-like it bleeds.
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