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According to one of the meaters at work, a sausage legally has to have a certain amount of dead animal in it to be called a sausage. Otherwise it has to be called a banger... not sure if it's true but if so I can see the argument there. Sort of. But it's still borne out of people's unwillingness to accept that their indulgences in meat is purely a preference and therefore banning/reducing the visability of alternatives makes them feel less bad and insulates them from their consciences.
dirac-
a sausage legally has to have a certain amount of dead animal in it to be called a sausage
I think your meater (great term btw) might correct on that front. At least, it's something I've heard in the past.
I just can't get past the ridiculousness of it all. I mentioned it to a (meat eating) friend last night who also thought it was a bit pointless.
Arducius
Same for sausages, you already distinguish on the type of beef, pork, turkey sausages are all available so it's 0% confusing to see "quorn sausage". WTF EU?