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Article: PGI bid sets a precedent.(protected geographical indication)(Brief Article)
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- January 7, 2006
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The High Court ruling defending the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association's claim to Protected Geographical Indication status could greenlight campaigns for products such as the Cornish pasty and Cumberland sausage.
Angle Coombs of the Cornish Pasty Association said that it was waiting for an imminent decision from Defra as to whether it would support its own call for PGI status.
She said that following the High Court's decision on Melton Mowbray, the association was confident that it would win the backing of Defra.
The claim by the Cornish Pasty Association is that only those pasties made in the county and to traditional recipes should be ...