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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to create a legal definition of the words Vegan and Vegetarian. More details
Submitted by Tony Bishop-Weston of Foods for Life – Deadline to sign up by: 23 December 2007 – Signatures: 273
Petition update, 29 January 2008
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "create a legal definition of the words Vegan and Vegetarian."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page14431.asp
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The Governement has confirmed there is no legal definition of 'Vegan' or 'vegetarian' in the EU or UK. We call upon the Govt to draw up a framework using the model of 'Organic' and The Indian Government's experiences to create a legal definition for 'vegan' and 'vegetarian'
Current signatories
Tony Bishop-Weston, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- L MacDonald
- Adam Welch
- A C Baker
- Nigel Winter
- Ray Robertson
- Dr Ian McDonald
- Siobhan Pritchard
- Frances Wilcox
- Helen Bird
- Neil Williams
- Brittany Scott-Wilson
- ian brocklebank
- Eve Morris
- Alex Bourke
- ELLEN COOLEY
- R Jones
- James Lamont
- Anne Cooper
- Alyson Macdonald
- Adrian Appley
- Rebecca Lovell
- C Persey
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- Emily Jane Ross
- Michael Bridgewater
- marion eaton
- Dick King
- S King
- Mary Alice Pollard
- Lesley Dove
- Christopher Charles Pollard
- Joanne Lusher
- Rosalia Socha Schwanberg
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- Oliver Dykes
- Caroline McAleese
- Cris Iles
- Hella Gamper
- Ann Boyce
- Cathy White
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- Ann Garrett
- Ruxandra Knight
- Derek Knight
- Peter Farrugia
- Annette White
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- George D Rodger
- Pat Mear
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- Gemma Davies
- Timothy Rowe
- Kerry Lewis
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- Amanda Murray
- Judith Swain
- Sophie Fenwick-Paul of activeg.org
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- John Davis
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