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Article: Support for Melton Mowbray's artisans is a misreading of PGI.(Readers' letters: the issues that matter, from the people involved)(Letter to the Editor)
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- July 3, 2004
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SIR; Northern Foods may have been making pork pies for 100 years, but the recent The offering from Julian Wild (The Grocer, June 26, p25) is half-baked.
Laudable though his support for the artisan pie makers of Melton Mowbray may seem, Mr Wild appears confused about Protected Geographical indications (PGI) and the European Protected Food Name Scheme, of which they are part.
As the European Regulations on which PGIs depend make clear, any group (or in some cases individual) can submit an application for PGI status. They need to show that they've been using the name for at least five years, that the product is linked to a particular location and that they ...