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Article: PGIs might fly: could the protected name bandwagon get out of hand?(Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association )
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- March 11, 2006
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The battle for the right to make Melton Mowbray pork pies will resume next week. On March 14, Northern Foods will request leave to appeal against a decision by the High Court that Delta was right to back a bid by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association (MMPPA) to get Europe-wide protected status for its members' products.
There's a lot riding on the hearing. If Northern Foods' legal bid fails, and if the Association's application for Protected Geographical Indication status is ultimately approved by Brussels, manufacturers will only be able to market pies as Melton Mowbray pork pies if they are produced in a specific area around the town.
This will be ...