This week the EU Parliament voted in favor of an amendment that would ban vegetarian and vegan products from using terms including “burger” and “sausage.” But the proposed ban goes further than that, and would also prevent cell-cultured meat — a.k.a. lab-grown — from using the same terms.

The regulation, passed by lawmakers 355 to 247, still needs to get past the EU Commission and member state governments before it becomes law. But if it does, it requires that terms including “steak,” “burger,” “sausage,” and even “egg white” be “reserved exclusively for products containing meat.” That’s a non-exhaustive list, and the legislation is intended to cover all names currently used for meat products.

But the bill is also explicit that the meaty terms “shall exclude cell-cultured products,” which could pose a problem for the burgeoning cultured meat industry. “Lab-grown flesh disk” doesn’t have the same ring as “hamburger,” and while the industry is still years away from perfecting lab-grown steak, it would like to be able to call it that once it does.

The restriction was proposed with the aim of supporting European livestock farmers, and backed by an increasingly right wing parliament, but has been opposed by supermarkets, climate groups, and even Burger King. A similar measure was voted down in 2020, but the EU does have precedent here, having banned the use of dairy terms like “milk” or “cheese” for plant-based alternatives.

Broadband customers may find themselves blighted by unexpected charges again, thanks to Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr. The FCC has submitted a proposal to revise “unnecessary” requirements for internet service providers to itemize every fee on monthly bills, citing that it “may confuse customers.”

The proposal comes in response to complaints by ISPs over a Biden-era transparency rule that took effect in April 2024, arguing that their self-inflicted billing complexity made it impractical and burdensome to list every fee they impose on consumers. Compliance with the rule requires that ISPs either create a broadband “nutrition label” that makes it easier for consumers to accurately compare plan prices and avoid hidden fees, or include those hidden charges in the overall price.

The FCC isn’t seeking to ditch itemized labels entirely, it’s specifically targeting requirements for making labels inclusive of location-based fees, machine-readable, multi-lingual, and available to customers over the phone and on online account portals. However, the proposal is also examining ways to further streamline or eliminate “any other label requirements that are unduly burdensome and provide minimal benefit to consumers,” which could further impact how labels are presented when shopping for new broadband plans.

In a blog post heralding the proposal on Monday, Carr said that broadband labels are being examined to “focus on consumer protection,” and to “separate the wheat from the chaff.” A vote on the changes has been scheduled for October 28th, and requires FCC approval before it can take effect.

The proposal falls under the “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative Carr launched in March that aims appease President Donald Trump’s order to remove as many government regulations as possible. As noted by Ars Technica, the Internet and Television Association (NCTA) lobby group specifically appealed to the FCC under this initiative to have fee itemization rules scrapped, after similar requirements were first imposed on cable and satellite TV providers in March.