Irish Examiner View: Deceptive food labels hardly kosher

Occasional vegetarianism, vegetarianism and veganism are increasingly popular and are likely to become more so

Yesterday's admission from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) that food sold as vegan cannot be guaranteed free of animal products is likely to provoke another skirmish in the food labellings wars. 

Food labelling is a hotly contested area. Increasingly aware consumers want clarity and abhor deliberate evasion. 

Some food producers, more than are reassuring, unfortunately, rely on an at best opaque ambiguity. All too often they muddy the waters about what might be in a particular product so consumers may be if not deceived then steered up the garden path.